Earlier this year, a documentary focused on examining the events leading up to the infamous Kursk submarine disaster aired on Sky History. When the Russian Oscar-class submarine sank to the bottom ...

What You Need to Know: On August 12, 2000, two explosions shook the Barents Sea, marking the beginning of a tragic disaster for the Russian submarine Kursk. The Oscar-class submarine, designed to ...

M class nuclear-powered submarines, including the newest Arkhangelsk (entered service Dec 2024), represent a significant ...

Twenty Oscar-class submarines were planned, but only thirteen were built before the end of the Cold War and the demise of the Soviet Union. K-141, also known as Kursk, was laid down in March 1992 ...

This is exactly what happened in October 1986, when a Soviet sub had an accident with its nuclear missiles. The submarine involved in the 1986 disaster was the K-219, a Navaga Class nuclear ...

Russia’s 11 Oscar-II class submarines have to rely on help ... who lost her son Sergei, 24, on the Kursk. “The Russian navy has been destroyed by numerous reorganizations, all of which ...

"The Kursk class [submarine]," the editorial notes, "is a key element in President Putin's planned revival of Russian global sea power under a new 'naval doctrine.' The inquest [into the cause of ...

Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov, the head of the Russian Navy, said the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk had been damaged ... of the mishap involving an Oscar Class nuclear submarine but have little ...

Above, the Russian nuclear submarine "Kursk" travels in the Barents Sea near ... warned about the growing presence of the nuclear-powered Severodvinsk-class submarines off of U.S. coasts.

January 26, 2023: Russia’s mysterious special purpose 14,000/24,000 ton (on the surface/submerged) nuclear submarine ... Oscar II class, these boats began entering service just as the Cold War ended.

"A Royal Australian Navy Collins-class submarine suffered a small ... the "Farn-kursk", a macabre reference to the doomed Russian submarine Kursk which sank in 2000 killing all on board.