The Russian Navy announced today that there is 118 people onboard the ship, not 116.

Russian Navy tried three times to rescue the people onboard, but they failed. It took 18 hours and then they asked help from Norway and GBR.

The submarine from GBR is now in Norway, and is ready to leave to the place where the KURSK sank.

There has been different opinions of the Oxygen-situation, some have said it'll be enough for 0,4 or 9 days, who knows, I think the right choice is 0 days. By the way, the Foreign Affairs Department of Norway indicated yesterday, that the KURSK sank already in last Saturday, 12th of August, not in Sunday. Russia wanted to cover up the
whole thing, but there happened to be a vessel from USA in the Barentsea, and they told the rest of the world about the explosion and sinking.

I just hope that the help wouldn't come too late and that they would all survive!!

"DEAD FOR DAYS?

Many of the 118 sailors aboard the nuclear submarine Kursk were probably killed instantly by the explosion that sent it to the floor of the Arctic Ocean, Russia's deputy prime minister admitted yesterday.

New underwater film shows the Kursk has a "terrifying hole" on its starboard (right) side that would have sent the vessel to the bottom in seconds, Deputy PM Ilya Klebanov said. "

I absolutely disagree with your comment: "Russia has NOTHING". They have so vast amount of nuclear weapons that they could destroy the whole world tens of times and I think that is something!!

However: This isn't the main issue, but the KURSK is. Norway's Seismological Center has received results, that in the Barentsea there were two explosions in Saturday; the other one was about 3,5 in Richter's scale. That's the same power as if 2 tons of dynamite would be exploded...

AJL

Quite frankly, I believe that if it were
not for stolen German technology that Russia
would not have been a threat (cold war)
after WW 11. Russia repatriated some 700
scientists from Germany with the threat of
"Do or die" Remember that during the
siege of Berlin there were many Russians
who had never seen a light bulb !
they thought that if they carried them around
with them, somehow they would light on
there own ! German technolgy gave Russia
the jump start it needed to become a
great European power and a threat to
western civilization. After Glasnost, Russia
left to it's own device has erroded to where
it is today. Example: The space station...

All of that aside, my heart goes out to
the men on the sub, and to thier families.
One of the worst things that could have
happened is to be trapped in a tin coffin.

Also, the legacy of WW11 still haunts us,
and will continue when countries such
as Russia continue to push beyond the bounds
of what is possible or safe for the rest
of the world.

Is your grandmother 5 years old?!?

The Kursk was built in 1995 and she has many siosterships.

My knowledge is this: Russia hasn't cut it's money for the defence. They can't pay saleries for years to Russian workers, but they use unbelievable sums of money to the defence.

AJL

AND BY THE WAY: RUSSIA HASN'T GOT A "COMMUNIST PRESIDENT", AS YOU CLAIMED. THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN DEMOCRATIC FOR SOME 10 YEARS. THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA IS VLADIMIR PUTIN, AN EX-KGB-AGENT. THE COUNTRY'S NAME WOULD BE THE SOVIET UNION, IF IT STILL WAS COMMUNISTIC!

MAYBE YOU SHOULD GROW UP BEFORE YOU WRITE ANYTHING THAT YOU AREN'T SURE ABOUT!!! I THINK THAT YOU ARE DEFINITELY A RASIST.

Well, the Norwegian divers opened the rescue-hatch today, and there was water inside. It was only the outer hatch and they'll probably open the inner one also today. That's all what's new about the accident.

Enough already!

Say a prayer for the families of the men who lost their lives.

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I feel so sorry about all the sailors' families. The accident was never supposed to happen.

AJL

He said that even if the sub had not been flooded, the life support systems would probably fail pretty quickly. He felt that the crew would die of hyperthermia within a few hours - long before the air ran out.

An update...today's London Sunday Times says that there were two experts from the Dagdizel plant on board to check on an upgrade of the 'Squall' torpedo. This torpedo has a propeller to leave the tube but then becomes rocket driven using liquid fuel. One Brit expert said 'the danger is if the second stage fires inside the sub. Then you can say goodnight'.