The Russian admiral named the version of the death of the submarine “Kursk”: Society: Russia: Lenta.ru
The nuclear submarine (nuclear submarine) “Kursk” was lost in 2000 as a result of a collision with a NATO submarine, whose name is known “with a 90 percent probability,” said RIA News the commander of the Northern Fleet at that time, Admiral Vyacheslav Popov.
The ex-commander-in-chief of the Sevflot named the version of the death of the Russian submarine. According to him, the submarine that collided with the Kursk followed him, but in the conditions of the sea, it could not ensure safety and came too close to it. Popov admitted that the maneuver of the Russian nuclear submarine could lead to “loss of contact.”
“I know her name with a 90 percent probability, but in order to name her publicly, you need to have evidence and put it out. I can’t put them out. NATO submarine. And she was there, in the area where she collided with the Kursk, “- Admiral Court.
In 2000, in the documentary film by Arkady Mamontov about the Kursk, he shows that for him “the main version of the collision by an unidentified submarine”, which hit the most vulnerable spot of our boat of this project, of course, unconsciously. ” Then the admiral did not disclose her identity and does not possess, he has information about her name.
Earlier, Vice Admiral Yuri Sukhachev, who was investigating the death of the Kursk, died. He was 75 years old.
The Kursk sank on August 12, 2000 in the Barents Sea 175 kilometers from Severomorsk at a depth of 108 meters. According to the official version, this happened as a result of the explosion of a torpedo on board and further detonation of ammunition during the exercises of the Northern Fleet. All 118 crew members were killed.