The Russian submarine “Kursk”, the victim in August 2000 in the Barents Sea, could not sink due to collisions with American submarines, since it was essentially larger. The impossibility of destroying the US vessel by the US submarines explains the Polish edition of Defence24.
The publication states that at the time of the accident “Kursk” (30900 tons with displacement) in the region were American submarines Memphis (6900 tons) and Toledo, as well as the British SPLENDID submarine (4900 tons). The publication reminds that the western ships are much inferior to the Russian ship, so their collision with the latter would lead to problems rather in the first.
Thus, Defence24 commented on the statement of the former commander of the Northern Fleet Admiral Vyacheslav Popova, who had previously stated that the atomic submarine “Kursk” died as a result of a collision with NATO submarine.
In November, the DRIVE edition wrote that Russia could be involved in damage and disappearance of underwater cables of the Lofoten-Westerlen Marine Observatory off the Northern Norway coast capable of tracking the movement of the submarine.
In July 2019, NRK reported that the Norwegian intelligence service (LDCs) knew about the “Kursk” catastrophe in 3.5 hours before the accident reported to the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy. In particular, it is noted that Norwegian specialists, having received data on the second explosion on submarine, have already understood that water penetrated into her, as a result of which the submarine was in a few seconds at the bottom of the Barents Sea at a depth of 108 meters.
Kursk sank on August 12, 2000 in the Barents Sea, 175 kilometers from Severomorsk at a depth of 108 meters. According to the official version, the tragedy occurred as a result of a torpedo explosion on board and further detonation of the guests during the exercises of the Northern Fleet. All 118 crew members were killed.