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2015-04-07 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Steve White 2015-04-07 10:25|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "Yuri, you've lost another submarine?"

Posted by Raj 2015-04-07 10:29|| 2015-04-07 10:29|| Front Page Top

#2 At first, I took the "nuke" in the title to be a verb ... as in "Russians blow up burning sub with a nuke" ... like putting an injured horse down. They don't mess around.

But then my brain started working. ;-p

Posted by ExtremeModerate 2015-04-07 12:00|| 2015-04-07 12:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Someone wanted a day off?

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-04-07 12:21|| 2015-04-07 12:21|| Front Page Top

#4 SSGN

Posted by badanov 2015-04-07 19:10|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2015-04-07 19:10|| Front Page Top

#5 The fire was localized after firefighters decided to immerse the burning submarine in water to douse the flames.

They scuttled it to put out the fire?
Isn't that hard on the electronics?

Posted by Skidmark 2015-04-07 20:17|| 2015-04-07 20:17|| Front Page Top

#6 1960's technology is quite robust compared to those fancy western 'electronics' the West relies on so much.

Posted by Silentbrick 2015-04-07 20:38|| 2015-04-07 20:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Isn't that hard on the electronics?

Sure, Skidmark, but fire is hard on the electronics, too.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-04-07 20:38|| 2015-04-07 20:38|| Front Page Top

#8 snuggle up to the batteries in the water bath, my expendables....

Posted by Frank G 2015-04-07 21:25|| 2015-04-07 21:25|| Front Page Top

#9 That is one big rusty boomer pig.......

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-04-07 22:03|| 2015-04-07 22:03|| Front Page Top

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