The French submarine Améthyste, which is operating off Libya, was in Maltese territorial waters earlier this week to disembark and embark personnel. With a crew of 68 men, the nuclear attack submarine had taken part in Operation Allied Force, the 1999 campaign in ex-Yugoslavia.

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