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We Lost the Nuclear Weapons: Fire Consumed and Sank a Russian Titanium Attack Submarine That Now Leaks Radiation
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (838+ words) In April 1989, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-278 Komsomolets caught fire in its engineering compartment during a routine patrol off Norway's Bear Island. The blaze spread faster than the crew could contain it, the electrical system failed, the reactor shut down, and…...
18, 000 Feet Deep: A Russian Submarine Sank Off Bermuda With Its Nuclear Reactor and Nuclear Missiles Still Aboard
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (656+ words) The Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-219 sank in the North Atlantic, off the coast of Bermuda, in October 1986, following a chain of mistakes and accidents that began with a faulty missile silo seal. K-219 was underway as part of a normal nuclear…...
Europe's 100 Billion Euro FCAS Fighter Program Might Split Into Two Fighters
1+ week, 3+ day ago (487+ words) Johannes Bussmann, CEO of German engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines, said on April 30 that "two aircraft is the likely scenario right now as we see it" while discussing the FCAS program during the company's first-quarter earnings call. Bussmann added that…...