On this day in 2000 the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
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by atdoru
On this day in 2000 the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
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by atdoru
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Most likely no one will ever know for sure what caused the disaster. The official Russian inquiry concluded that a torpedo explosion was likely the cause. The Russians admitted afterwards that the liquid fuel they had been using in their missiles was known to be unstable in certain conditions.
As the captain struggled to bring the submarine to the surface there was a second and much bigger explosion—most likely from the propellant of another warhead—which tore a hole in the bow and probably killed most of the crew instantly.
Even so, at least 23 crew members are known to have survived the explosions, only to die of carbon monoxide poisoning as the vessel’s oxygen ran out; Russian and Norwegian divers were able to recover four of their bodies on breaching the hull a month and a half after the incident.
«она утонула»
>, killing her entire 118-man crew
No fucks were given by the Kremlin …
>Over four days, the Russian Navy repeatedly failed in its attempts to attach four different diving bells and submersibles to the escape hatch of the submarine.
Imagine being trapped on the sub for days and hearing the failure of Russian incompetency at the hatch with no results.
And Putin Ignored the offers of help because he was too proud. His lifeboat had just been borrowed from the Titanic. Russia is a failed State.
“Tell me. What happened with the submarine?”
I’m pretty sure that most people haven’t seen the documentary by Dorenko (russian journalist) about this event.
even if you don’t speak russian, find it on Youtube “dorenko kursk”.
look at how those russian navy officers live, people who are supposed to handle nuclear weapons didn’t have central heating, didn’t have stable electricity, could afford a decent apartment and their kids were taught in schools that didn’t have computers so the teacher had to draw one on a blackboard.
it’s so messed up yet those same russian officers were “proud”
What is interesting is that society discussed this story for several months, and even years later. Now Russian society forgets even the most terrible events after a week, or a month at most.
Lost in water only 2/3 of its length. Absolute incompetence by the Russian rescue effort.
You hear about submarines exploding about as often as you hear about space ships imploding.
Which is … not very often
“You purposefully hired whores. Gave them 10 dollars, and told them to discredit me” – Putin on widows of servicemen who perished in this disaster.
What a coincidence, I just watched the hunt for red october last night and it reminded me of this accident
This was the first military exercise of any significance for the new Russian Federation. The entire fleet had been sitting in port for a decade with virtually no maintenance. Their new president, Vladimir Putin, wanted to get the country’s military back on it’s feet so he ordered a dozen vessels to be patched up and put to see. It did not end well.
See also: the nuclear sub that nearly had a meltdown while berthed because the electric company shutoff power to the cooling system after months of non-payment.