What sank the Kursk?

Scotland on Sunday | August 5, 2001| | Copyright

A YEAR ago next Sunday warships of Russia's Northern Fleet headed by the nuclear missile cruiser Petr Velikiy were at battle stations in the Barents Sea awaiting an attack.

It was day two of one of the few naval exercises the cash- strapped Russians have been able to afford since the end of the Cold War.

The highlight was to be a torpedo volley from the Kursk, one of Russia's most formidable modern submarines, designed to sink American aircraft carriers.

But the attack never came. At 08:51 Captain Gennady Lyachin made what would be the Kursk's last radio contact, requesting permission for ...

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