
French Marine officers wait atop Le Vigilant nuclear submarine at L'Ile Longue military base, near Brest, Brittany, France, in July 2007. — AP
LE PECQ, France: Of a world in coronavirus turmoil, they may know little or nothing.
Submariners stealthily cruising the ocean deeps, purposefully shielded from worldly worries to encourage undivided focus on their top-secret missions of nuclear deterrence, may be among the last pockets of people anywhere who are still blissfully unaware of how the pandemic is turning life upside down.
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