I just had a look at this site: http://www.redstar.ru/kursk5.html
This is the online version of Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star), the armed forces
newspaper published by the Russian Defence ministry. Today's issue (25/08)
also discusses Kursk. The line seems to be that there was an *accidental*
collision with a Nato submarine, but that such accidents are likely to
happen in the Barents Sea, because it is crowded with Nato ships and subs,
which are not just monitoring but trying to blockade the Russian navy,
basically to prevent a Russian naval presence from developing in the
Mediterranean, which might help counterbalance Nato strength in the Balkans.
So the Russian take on the geopolitics is that Nato wants a free hand in the
Balkans. Which is all true, but doesn't quite read like WW3 is about to
begin. If Russian top military brass hadn't spent the better part of the
past decade looting the reserves of the former Soviet armed forces for
personal gain, to the point where there are documented stories of Russian
naval officers selling off the airconditioning life support systems of
*their own* submarines, one might take thenm more seriously.
Indicentally, the Kursk, which was launched in 1994, has only ever put to
sea once before. On this occasion it apparently put to sea with vital
equipment, including emergency batteries, missing.
Mark
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> No comments. If the message below is accurate, then we are facing
> very very serious problems. Please an expert to cast some light!
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