Russia pledges to raise nuclear sub | BBC

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Russia pledges to raise nuclear sub


The Russian Navy has said it will raise a decommissioned nuclear submarine which sank while on tow in the Barents Sea on Friday night.

The submarine, a November class K-159, was on its way to be stripped of its nuclear reactors when it sank about three miles off Kildin Island, in heavy seas.

Only one member of the vessel's 10-man crew has been rescued. Two bodies have also been recovered.

President Vladimir Putin - currently on a visit to Italy - has promised "a thorough investigation" into the incident.

"At the moment we are considering the various ways of raising it," Russia's Navy chief-of-staff, Viktor Kravchenko, told the NTV television channel.

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1. Compared to the Kursk this should be damn easy.

Subs just don't go well with tugging in bad storms...

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Well at least, unlike the Kursk, the Russian navy didn't announce that it sank because of a mysterious collision with a NATO sub!

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Well at least, unlike the Kursk, the Russian navy didn't announce that it sank because of a mysterious collision with a NATO sub!