Kursk

"In the worst peacetime disaster experienced by the Russian Navy, on 12 August 2000 the state-of-the-art nuclear-powered Kursk submarine sank with the loss of 118 officers and crew. The sinking was a humanitarian, environmental, military and political catastrophe for Russia, and a powerful reversal for President Putin's standing both at home and abroad." "But what really happened? Did, as the Russians initially claimed, a British or American submarine actually collide with the Kursk, causing the fatal explosion in the bow? Or was an outmoded fuel type to blame, igniting disastrously when one of the torpedoes started dry-running in its tube? And why, hours after the initial explosion, did the Russians prevaricate catastrophically when there was still a chance to rescue some of the crew?"--Jacket.

First sentence: On Saturday, 12 August 2000, at exactly 7:28 A.M. Greenwich Mean Time, 11:28 A.M. local time, the Norwegian seismological group NORSAR recorded a disturbance in the Barents Sea.

Year

2002

Language

English

Publisher

Simon & Schuster UK

Editions

4

Pages

320

ISBN

9780684020891

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