The 2000 sinking of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk was a national tragedy that claimed the lives of all 118 sailors aboard. -The disaster began when a faulty practice torpedo exploded, triggering ...

The tragic sinking of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk in 2000 remains one of the most mysterious and haunting naval ...

The Russian nuclear submarine Kursk was considered unsinkable. But on August 12, 2000, it sank in the Barents Sea after two explosions, leading to the death of all 118 seamen aboard. How did this ...

Could some of the 118 Russian sailors who died in the August 2000 Kursk submarine disaster have been saved? A high-level Russian source tells TIME they could have been if rescue gear aboard the ...

The True Story of the Russian Kursk Submarine Disaster A navy fleet exercise became a desperate race to recover survivors hundreds of feet beneath the sea.

The Kursk was a nuclear-powered missile-carrying submarine of project 949A Antei, which the Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering Rubin in Leningrad (currently St. Petersburg) developed at ...

The Kursk was an Oscar-class submarine, more than 500 feet long and armed with cruise missiles designed to knock out aircraft carrier groups.

The Kursk submarine disaster is a prime example of government-sanctioned inefficiency and indecency. On August 12th, 2000, during a Russian naval exercise, a practice torpedo exploded aboard a ...

A retired Russian admiral has alleged that the 2000 Kursk submarine disaster was caused by a collision with a NATO sub.

The mission to recover remains from a sunken Russian nuclear submarine has turned up a second note on a sailor's body, Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov said Wednesday, according to the Interfax ...

Noah talks to Masha Lipman, Deputy Editor of Itoga Magazine who talks about the reaction of the families of the Russian sailors who died on the submarine Kursk after they learned of a note found ...

The Russian government has said little about the Kursk nuclear submarine since it sank in the Barents Sea on Aug. 12, 2000, leaving 118 sailors and officers dead. Then President Vladimir Putin ...