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‘The Bow Was Ripped Off’: How a Russian Submarine Was Sunk By Its Own Faulty Torpedo
The recent launch of Russia’s new hypersonic-armed submarine, Perm, serves as a stark reminder of the 2000 Kursk disaster.
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Remembering the Kursk Disaster, 25 Years Later
Moscow's cover-up of the Kursk submarine incident seriously damaged Russian President Vladimir Putin's prestige—and was even viewed by some as a "turning point" for modern Russia. On August 12, 2000, ...
The Kursk’s loss of its 118-person crew makes it one of the deadliest in modern history. In August 2000, the Russian nuclear submarine “Kursk” sailed to the Arctic Circle to participate in a scheduled ...
Model of the Kursk nuclear submarine at the Lennusadam Maritime Museum in Tallinn, Estonia. Pjotr Mahhonin/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY During his first term, Vladimir Putin had to confront a raft of ...
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