The collapse of the 'Kursk', the tragedy that ended press freedom in Russia (1 Viewer)

[CEngelbrecht]

The collapse of the 'Kursk', the tragedy that ended press freedom in Russia | Spain's News in English

"Ready to fire torpedoes". That was the last communication sent by the nuclear submarine Kursk Saturday, August 12, 2000, the pride of the Russian Northern Fleet. The ship was part of the usual summer maneuvers of the Navy, and continued sailing silently, at the depth of periscope, undetectable even for the most sophisticated methods of American espionage. An hour and a half later, at 11.28 a. m., the bow of the submarine burst while the commander Gennady Lyachin, captain of the Kursk, It finished off the final geometry of the shot: an HTP torpedo in bad condition exploded. In just 135 seconds the Kursk It sank 106 meters deep in the Barents Sea. And when it touched the bottom, the second explosion came, caused by that shock and by the increase in temperature of the rest of the torpedoes. It was 250 times stronger than the first, fueled by bombs and fuel, and caused an earthquake of 3.5 on the Richter scale. The front of the Kursk was devastated and most of the 118 men who sailed inside died instantly.

The Kursk submarine tragedy: When Putin believed he could silence the truth | DR (link in Danish)

Two words were all Russian President Vladimir Putin used to explain what shouldn't have happened; and in theory could not happen; with a delicate smirk on American TV channel CNN in an hour-long interview on September 8, 2000, responding to what had happened to the Russian submarine "Kursk" three and a half weeks earlier.
- "It sank."

 

[DaveFagan]

Those sneaky Russians. Then they put the whole recovery operation of the KURSK on International Internet live vidwo. The first explanations stated that they thought a new "rocket" tupe torpedo had exploded, and that turned out to be true. Putin's dexcription that "It Sank" seems precisely accurate.
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[Rogue Valley]

Putin waited five precious days before asking the international community for rescue help.

The Russians were still using HTP (high-test peroxide) in their torpedoes. This explosive substance was banned by other major naval powers in the 1950s.

By the way, the Putin of 2000 was the pre-Botox Putin. Check the photos of then and now.