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2003-08-30 Europe

2 Die When Russian Nuclear Submarine Sinks

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Posted by Steve White & Pete Stanley 2003-08-30 2:59:37 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Submariners! Start your conjecturing!

Posted by Penguin 2003-8-30 2:14:12 AM|| 2003-8-30 2:14:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Doing some Googling -- An attack submarine NATO designated November Class. Russians call them Leninskiy Komsomol Class. Commissioned 4 November 1963. Decommissioned somewhere between '89-92. Were they stripping it for spare parts and/or removing the nuclear material?

Posted by Pete Stanley 2003-8-30 2:15:32 AM|| 2003-8-30 2:15:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Russian Ambassador: One of our submarines, an Alpha, was last reported in the area of the Grand Banks. We have not heard from her for some time.
Nat'l Security Advisor: Andre... you've lost another submarine?

Posted by True German Ally 2003-8-30 2:18:39 AM|| 2003-8-30 2:18:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Hey Murat interested in purchasing a pre-owned nuclear submarine,only sank once?

Posted by raptor 2003-8-30 7:08:01 AM|| 2003-8-30 7:08:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Well atleast it's reassuring to know that they are going to recover that nuclear reactor... they are going to recover it, right? note to self: cancel the Barents Sea fishing trip

Posted by Raphael 2003-8-30 8:09:19 AM|| 2003-8-30 8:09:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Rapael - why not fish there???, where else would you get one of these, outside Springfield of course

Posted by Frank G 2003-8-30 9:43:57 AM|| 2003-8-30 9:43:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I wonder if they put things like in their sales brochures to the Red Chinese?

Posted by Douglas De Bono 2003-8-30 10:25:16 AM|| [http://www.DouglasDeBono.com] 2003-8-30 10:25:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Looks like Harrison Ford's got another sequel...

Posted by tu3031 2003-8-30 10:34:28 AM|| 2003-8-30 10:34:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 He's not playing Jack Ryan anymore. Although, I wonder if this means that Putin will be beaten in the next election? Losing two submarines, 100-200 sailors, and towing a obsolute vessel in a bad storm doesn't look very good.

Posted by Charles 2003-8-30 2:01:39 PM|| 2003-8-30 2:01:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Are you sure that the Arafish was not once a submariner on a Russian sub with a leaky reactor?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-8-30 3:50:49 PM|| 2003-8-30 3:50:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 The 2003 Fickle Finger of Fate award for Bad Trim on a Submersible goes to...

Posted by mojo 2003-8-30 3:51:13 PM|| 2003-8-30 3:51:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Always check Submax.com before purchasing a used submarine to ensure you don't buy a lemon.

Posted by Steve D 2003-8-30 4:12:20 PM|| 2003-8-30 4:12:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 You're right Steve. Hold out for a decent Victor III sailed only on odd years.

Posted by Shipman 2003-8-30 8:43:35 PM|| 2003-8-30 8:43:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Three cheers for Russian ~~deathtraps~~ submarines, especially the ones in the PLA Navy.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-8-30 10:52:49 PM|| 2003-8-30 10:52:49 PM|| Front Page Top

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