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Monday, February 13, 2012

Russia Dock Fire Submarine Had Nuclear Warheads

Yekaterinburg submarineA Russian nuclear submarine which caught fire during repairs in the Arctic in December had its nuclear-tipped missiles and other weapons on board, the newspaper Kommersant Vlast reported on Monday.

The Yekaterinburg submarine was being repaired in a dry dock outside the north-western city of Murmansk when wooden scaffolding next to it caught fire and the flames spread to the craft on December 29. Nobody was killed in the blaze which raged on for hours.

The Defense Ministry said all weapons had been unloaded before the vessel entered the dock at the Roslyakovo shipyard.

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