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Kursk tragedy: How Russia's failures doomed submarine crew
The K-141 Kursk Submarine was a powerful vessel. If its 509-foot hull had been placed vertically where it sank, it would have ...
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Trapped Inside - Kursk Submarine Explosion (Documentary)
The in-depth story of the Kursk Submarine Disaster. When it was commissioned in 1994, the nuclear submarine K-141 “Kursk” was one of the most powerful assets of the Russian Navy. The size of two jumbo ...
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Rosenberg: Ukraine's advance undermines Putin's image as 'Mr Security'
In 2000, I reported on the sinking of the Kursk submarine in the icy waters of the Barents Sea. One hundred and eighteen submariners were killed. Vladimir Putin had been president for less than ...