The US Department of Defense reacted to the version of the ex-commander of the North Fleet Admiral Vyacheslav Popov that the death of the Russian submarine “Kursk” occurred due to a collision with the NATO submarine. Reports about it TASS.
In the Pentagon, they refused to comment on Popov’s words and stated that they had nothing to provide on this issue.
Cosk “Kursk” submarine occurred on August 12, 2000. Then killed 118 sailors. According to the report of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the cause of the disaster was the explosion of the torpedo, which occurred due to the leakage of fuel components. Popov has already put forward his version of the reasons for the crash in November 2000, but it did not find confirmations.
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