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Russia downplays submarine blast
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6919029.stm ^
Posted on 07/27/2007 6:33:53 PM PDT by traumer
Russia says one of its nuclear submarines has been damaged by a surge in air pressure, downplaying earlier reports of an explosion.
A ballast tank aboard the submarine was damaged in what a navy official described as a minor incident, according to the Interfax news agency.
No casualties were reported and radiation levels at the White Sea port of Severodvinsk are said to be normal.
The incident took place as the submarine was being repaired.
According to the Reuters news agency, the Russian navy usually shuts down reactors and removes nuclear fuel during repairs to its submarines.
"The management of the [dockyard]... considers the accident as minor," Russian navy spokesman Igor Dygalo told the Itar-Tass news agency.
An environmental official in Norway, near the port of Severodvinsk, told Reuters there was no sign of increased radioactivity as a result of the accident.
Russia's Ekho Moskvy radio earlier reported that an explosion had damaged more than 20sq m (215sq ft) of the submarine's hull.
Russia's ageing fleet of nuclear submarine has a history of deadly accidents.
In one of the worst recent incidents, the Kursk submarine sank to the floor of the Barents Sea after two explosions on board, killing all 188 crew.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: russia
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posted on
07/27/2007 6:33:54 PM PDT
by
traumer
To: traumer
“described as a minor incident... “
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posted on
07/27/2007 6:34:42 PM PDT
by
traumer
To: traumer
They figured out how to run them without sinking them - in drydock.
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posted on
07/27/2007 6:38:53 PM PDT
by
spanalot
To: traumer
“described as a minor incident... “
Yeah, and Chernobyl wasn't even reported as a "minor incident" until European monitors detected the radiation well into the crisis.....
But I suppose there's some probability that this account of a ballast tank accident could be true.
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posted on
07/27/2007 6:44:05 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Reid and Pelosi Defeatocrats: Surrender Now - Peace for Our Time!!)
To: traumer
Why am I immediately reminded of the Kursk?
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posted on
07/27/2007 6:51:08 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
To: traumer
Interpretation: The damn thing blew to hell and is now on the bottom.
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posted on
07/27/2007 6:51:52 PM PDT
by
ontap
(Just another backstabbing conservative)
To: traumer
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posted on
07/27/2007 6:52:31 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: processing please hold
Why am I immediately reminded of the Kursk? Exactly.
"The management of the [dockyard]... considers the accident as minor," Russian navy spokesman Igor Dygalo told the Itar-Tass news agency......
Really means......
"The boat is on the bottom and all hands were killed."
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posted on
07/27/2007 7:00:01 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(I've reached the age where happy hour is a nap.)
To: traumer
I’m wondering how the customers who bought Russian subs must feel about this. Does Russia do recalls?
9
posted on
07/27/2007 7:00:19 PM PDT
by
caisson71
To: caisson71
Does Russia do recalls? Just like China does.
10
posted on
07/27/2007 7:02:47 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(I've reached the age where happy hour is a nap.)
To: LasVegasMac
"The boat is on the bottom and all hands were killed."More and more it sounds like putin is reverting to the old soviet union style of government.
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posted on
07/27/2007 7:06:50 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
To: caisson71
Did chavez ever get get his money back from all the shoddy weapons he bought from his dear friend, putin?
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posted on
07/27/2007 7:08:26 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
To: traumer
Word from the Russian government: “Do not be alarmed. These things happen all the time! We’re quite used to it ...”
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posted on
07/27/2007 7:13:26 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Progressives like to keep doing the things that didn't work in the past.)
To: processing please hold
More and more it sounds like putin is reverting to the old soviet union style of government. It certainly does.
The problem is, as I see it, he does not have near the resources to fund / staff a world wide military presence as did the "old Soviet Union" during the cold war days. He wants to, badly.
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posted on
07/27/2007 7:13:31 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(I've reached the age where happy hour is a nap.)
To: spanalot
lol..... I love to read your comments....
To: traumer
Russia's Ekho Moskvy radio earlier reported that an explosion had damaged more than 20sq m (215sq ft) of the submarine's hull. Yeah, that sounds like air pressure could have damaged that much hull.
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posted on
07/27/2007 7:15:24 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(May Paris Hilton's plane crash into Britney Spears house while Lindsey Lohan is over doing coke)
To: traumer
CAPTAIN: WHAT HAPPEN?
DIVING OFFICER: WE NOT KNOW WHAT WE DOING.
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posted on
07/27/2007 7:15:41 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(HA HA HA HA....)
To: traumer
To: LasVegasMac
He wants to, badly.So badly I bet he can taste it. I thought he struck gold when he seized that oil company from Yukos. I guess it wasn't profitable enough. He'll keep trying.
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posted on
07/27/2007 7:17:55 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
To: traumer
Sell more soviet subs to China...
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posted on
07/27/2007 7:20:08 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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