omg guys. russia contracted a company to raise the kursk. for some reason they decided to cut the damaged part of the bow off before raising it. they did this with a sort of rope type saw. that's why the pictures look like that. some time after that russia raised the bow and after an investigation concluded that a faulty torpedo caught fire and exploded. just over two minutes later the resulting fire detonated the remaining torpedos, ultimately sinking the kursk. russian sonar picked up a small explosion in the area of the kursk and 124 seconds (if i remember correctly) later recorded a large explosion of similar type.
the kursk was supposed to be designed to take a torpedo hit. how in the hell do you think an american sub could collide with the kursk, sink it, and still make it back to port??
