Russian Sub Kursk Sinks: 118 Sailors Trapped at the Bottom of the Sea
The nuclear submarine Kursk exploded and sank to the floor of the Barents Sea during a naval exercise, trapping 118 sailors in a catastrophe that the Russian government initially concealed from the public. Moscow's refusal to accept foreign rescue assistance for days sealed the crew's fate and exposed the dangerous deterioration of Russia's post-Soviet military.
August 12, 2000
26 years ago
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