Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] BBC E-mail: Torpedo fuel to blame for Kursk loss

["Bob Teufel" <robert.teufel@verizon.net>]

"He (Vladimir Ustinov - Russia's Prosecuter General) said the volatile
substance - hydrogen peroxide - used as its fuel (for torpedos) exploded
because of a complex chemical reaction."

 It was, as he explained, " the result of an unusual process of events
inside the oxidising agent reserve of the torpedo."  Wonder just what
events, anyone care to speculate?

"After the disaster, the Russian Navy ordered torpedoes of that type that
exploded to be removed from service."

Anyone care to comment on these highlights from the BBC news report about
that sinking?

Bob T.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Steed" <plutomark@astate.edu>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 11:33 AM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] BBC E-mail: Torpedo fuel to blame for Kursk loss


> Mark Steed saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you should see
it.
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> *Torpedo fuel to blame for Kursk loss*
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/europe/2153484.stm>
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> Russia confirms that leaky torpedo fuel caused the explosions that sank
> the nuclear submarine Kursk in 2000 killing all of its 118 crew.
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