On August 12, 2000, the “Kursk” took part in a manoeuvre of the Russian Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea. A fire that broke out in the torpedo room caused the warheads to explode and the outer hull of the submarine to burst. Due to penetrating water, the...
During the night of August 29-30, 2003, the submarine K-159 of the North Fleet sank to a depth of 238 meters while being towed for disposal northwest of the island of Kildin shortly before reaching its destination. (Image: Bellona) Over the next eight years, ROSATOM...
The K-278 nuclear submarine, or Komsomolets, is located about 190 km southwest of Bear Island off the coast of Norway at a depth of about 1,858 meters after a fire broke out on April 7, 1989. By 2030, the Russian government will recover seven radioactive debris...
