KURSK

The Kursk was an Oscar-class submarine, more than 500 feet long(170meters) and armed with cruise missiles designed to knock out aircraft carrier groups.

On Saturday, August 12, the giant Russian nuclear submarine Kursk -- carrying a crew of 118 -- sank in the icy waters of the Barents Sea after what Russian officials described as a "catastrophe that developed at lightning speed." More than a week later divers opened the rear hatch of the sub but found no survivors.

Saturday August 19

Russian naval chiefs ask the families of the 118 sailors who died in the Kursk to forgive them for not saving their loved ones as they served "the fatherland."

Thursday October 26

A note found on the body of the dead Kursk seaman, Lieutenant-Captain Dmitry Kolesnikov, offers the first definitive evidence that there were survivors after two explosions ripped through the nuclear submarine.

The 24 missiles are each primed with 750 kg of high explosive -- the equivalent of two Hiroshima bombs -- and can alternatively be fitted with nuclear warheads.

The missiles are specifically designed to sink enemy aircraft carriers.

according to the training schedule, the Kursk was to attack the ‘opponent’ firing two practice torpedoes from 11:30 to 18:00 Moscow time.

What triggered off the explosions?
This question has still no clear answer. Russian officials suggest that it could be a collision with a foreign submarine, a mine from the second world war, or an emergency situation in the submarine’s torpedo compartment. Unofficial sources say that the Kursk could be hit by a torpedo-missile launched from the cruiser Peter the Great.

18 torpedoes and tube-launched missiles with conventional warheads were in the torpedo room.

Which of the torpedoes exploded first triggering the more powerful second explosion or whether it was a torpedo at all is still hard to say.

Failed rescue operation

From August 13th to August 14th, from 22:40 and until 01:05, another submersible, AS-32, was sent several times down to the Kursk, but it failed to establish even a visual contact with the submarine.

The Kursk was flooded with water in eight hours after it sank. Water found in the reactor compartment, but the reactors are said to be safely shutdown.

The Kursk submarine, with its two nuclear reactors is now laying at the sea bottom at 108 meters in the Barents Sea.






THESE are the facts of the "Story of KURSK" as it has been told by -CNN, BBC,and by various article on it. But has anyone ever bothered to think about those people who lost their lives in it. or worse still their dependents - parents, wife ,children, brother ,sister. who lost everything with the death of there loved ones...

But why would the government be bothered with that, it's just a news which will be forgotten in a day or so..


"Both the port and starboard sides of the damaged hull of the Oscar II-class submarine are armed with 12 new SS-N-19 Shipwreck missiles which neither U.S. or EU military chiefs have seen"

"There is a lot of excitement surrounding these secrets, and the Russians wouldn't want us to get close to them. This is one of the reasons they have not called for outside help."

It's just a political move for the government- just to preserve a secret they are not worried about saving the life of the crew, who had survived although a few in no. they did not ask for help...

But then why bother just keep a one day Mourning for the deceased and get over with it.....