Russian Nuke Submarine K-84 ‘Ekaterinburg' On Fire

  • 12 years ago
Nuke Submarine K-84 ‘Ekaterinburg' On Fire. According to Kommersant-Vlast magazine http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1867264 the submarine K-84 ‘Ekaterinburg’ was undergoing minor repairs when it caught fire on December 29 during routine maintenance at a dry dock in Murmansk in Northern Russia. The missiles had not been offloaded as the repairs were regarded as minor, It is alleged a strategic missile-carrying sub was on fire for more than a day with its entire arsenal aboard. In the media the scale of emergency has been downplayed.

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