In August 2000, the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea after an explosion in its torpedo room, ...

On August 12, 2000, two explosions shook the Barents Sea, marking the beginning of a tragic disaster for the Russian submarine Kursk. The Oscar-class submarine, designed to carry cruise missiles, ...

In 2000, Russia’s Kursk submarine, designed to destroy aircraft carriers, suffered a catastrophic torpedo explosion during a ...

The Kursk's commanders and most of the crew in the front compartments were killed as two blasts 135 seconds apart sent the mighty submarine to the bottom of the Barents Sea, Ustinov told The ...

OSLO, Norway (CNN) -- The team of Norwegian divers who managed to enter the stricken Kursk submarine called off their operation on Tuesday -- at least for the time being. Officials at Stolt ...

A rescue operation is launched in August 2000 to try to save more than 100 sailors on board a Russian submarine grounded at the bottom of the Barents Sea. The Kursk nuclear submarine was believed ...

MOSCOW, Russia -- A senior Russian official is reported to have pledged to raise the wreck of the nuclear submarine Kursk by late September. Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Prime Minister Ilya ...

KURSK, August 12 (Itar-Tass) — Events to commemorate 118 crew members of the sunken nuclear powered submarine Kursk will take place at the WWII memorial in Kursk on Sunday, August 12 ...

It's something seen since his earliest days in power — starting with the sinking 24 years ago of a nuclear submarine that was named for the Battle of Kursk. On Aug. 19, 2000, less than a year ...

Or, as another member of the team put it, Russia will never be able to destroy Ukraine’s decision-making center, “because the ...