What Sank the Kursk?

• On August 12, 2000 at 07:28:25 UTC a small explosion occurred in the torpedo room of the Kursk, crippling its control systems. The Kursk began to sink.

• Two minutes later, a large explosion, estimated to be the equivalent of 5 tons of TNT,Ö..

• The Kursk came to rest on the bottom.

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