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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Kursk Submarine Disaster: No Clue Nine Years After

KurskOn August 12, Russia marked nine years since the death of the Kursk submarine, which took the lives of 118 men. All of them were officially declared dead on August 21.

Quite a number of versions have surfaced since the terrible tragedy. One of them said, for example, that the equipment of the submarine had been stolen prior to the naval drills, in which the Kursk was going to participate.

Other versions said that the submarine ran into a WWII mine or collided with a US submarine.

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