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A Russian Nuclear Submarine Sank: Some of the Crew Survived, But Couldn't Be Saved
In August 2000, the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea after an explosion in its torpedo room, ...
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A 'Torpedo Malfunction' Sank a Russian Oscar-Class 'Carrier-Killer' Submarine
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, ...
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'Hell' inside Kursk revealed
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 ...
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Second Kursk note tells of fire
MOSCOW, Russia -- Sailors huddled in the sunken submarine Kursk struggled against carbon monoxide from a fire, according to a second note found on one of the crewmen's bodies, a Russian government ...
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118 Dead: Hydrogen Peroxide Torpedo Sunk a Russian Nuclear Submarine
In 2000, Russia’s Kursk submarine, designed to destroy aircraft carriers, suffered a catastrophic torpedo explosion during a military exercise in the Barents Sea. The explosion, caused by ...
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Russia 'to lift Kursk by September'
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 ...
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Blasts near Kursk 'to keep snoopers away'
Norsar had previously said it detected two bigger blasts on August 12 when the Kursk sank and said the explosions could back up theories that a blast in a torpedo caused the high-tech submarine to ...
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The Kursk submarine tragedy to be remembered in Kursk
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 ...
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2000: Rescuers race to save stricken Kursk submarine
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 ...
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The battle of Kursk hinges on the Russian railroad
Ukraine has disrupted Russia's critical railroad systems near Kursk. Russia's military response ... forces from the Rosgvardiya national guard, Interior Ministry and FSB spy service, as part ...
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Kursk sub disaster: Russia fined over free speech violation
It meant that there was no punishment of Northern Fleet officers for criminal negligence over the Kursk disaster. An official investigation found that two explosions had wrecked the submarine ...