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Title: Small Explosion on Russian Submarine
Post by: Crennis on July 27, 2007, 11:03:45 AM
The BBC website is reporting that there has been a small explosion onboard a Russian submarine according to a russian news agency.
Title: Re: Small Explosion on Russian Submarine
Post by: Crennis on July 27, 2007, 11:15:29 AM
The breaking news has now been expanded to include:

Submarine Explosion (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6919029.stm)

"Blast damages Russian submarine  
 
An explosion has damaged a Russian naval submarine undergoing repairs in the Arctic, but there are no reports of any casualties, Russian media say.
Officials have not specified whether the submarine is nuclear-powered.

The background radiation level is normal in Severodvinsk, where the incident took place on Thursday, Interfax news agency reports.

The explosion damaged more than 20sq m (215sq ft) of the submarine's hull, Ekho Moskvy radio reports."
Title: Re: Small Explosion on Russian Submarine
Post by: Nathan on July 27, 2007, 11:23:39 AM
Thanks heavens that the submarine had no live ammunition on it or even any warheads!  :-o
Can anyone specify what caused the explosion? Human error perhaps?
Title: Re: Small Explosion on Russian Submarine
Post by: Kier Shackleton Gigeroff on July 28, 2007, 01:55:23 PM
What I want to know is how an explosion happened on a vessel in drydock? This happening on a nuclear submarine sounds pretty serious.
I guess whoever was doing the repairs caused more problems than they solved!

Kier
Title: Re: Small Explosion on Russian Submarine
Post by: Andrew Lester on July 28, 2007, 04:28:50 PM
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dartmouth wrote:
What I want to know is how an explosion happened on a vessel in drydock?

Kier


There are any number of ways this could happen, such as welding, use of a cutting torch, compressed air, etc.
Title: Re: Small Explosion on Russian Submarine
Post by: Kier Shackleton Gigeroff on July 28, 2007, 05:47:11 PM
Hmmm... I see.
Thanks.

Kier