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00:00:00 - Introduction to Kursk Tragedy
00:00:23 - CIA Director's Suspicious Visit
00:01:01 - Journalism and Investigations
00:02:11 - Failed Rescue Operations
00:03:26 - Submarine Raising and Investigations
00:04:31 - Theories of Torpedo and Terrorism
00:06:01 - Collisions and Seismic Evidence
00:07:49 - Analysis of Torpedo Accidents
👉 This channel was created in collaboration with @kramola_online
00:00:00 - Introduction to Kursk Tragedy
00:00:23 - CIA Director's Suspicious Visit
00:01:01 - Journalism and Investigations
00:02:11 - Failed Rescue Operations
00:03:26 - Submarine Raising and Investigations
00:04:31 - Theories of Torpedo and Terrorism
00:06:01 - Collisions and Seismic Evidence
00:07:49 - Analysis of Torpedo Accidents
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00:00The company of Lyuk Besson, who made Taxi, The Fifth Element, and Leon, released a film about Kursk, the Russian
00:07nuclear submarine that sank in the year 2000.
00:10The premiere of the film is a good reason to recall the most mysterious facts connected with this tragedy.
00:16Let's start with some brief points and finish with the most striking theories.
00:21So, let's go.
00:23Two days after the sinking of the Kursk, there was a completely unexpected visit to Moscow by the director of
00:29the CIA.
00:30It was officially announced as a planned visit, but the CIA director's schedule did not indicate such a visit.
00:36The Russian president's interview with Larry King sparked an extraordinary reaction.
00:41When asked what happened to the submarine, Putin answers ambiguously, smiling, it sank.
00:56Afterward, suspicions arose that Putin was involved in the submarine's sinking.
01:01Sergei Dorenko was dismissed after the Prokhororsk broadcast on Central Channel.
01:06After that incident, he never fully returned to television.
01:09Colleagues called that episode, journalism of the highest standard, and at the same time, a professional suicide for Dorenko.
01:18The commission created by the State Duma to investigate the cause of the tragedy was dissolved without ever holding a
01:25single meeting.
01:26Some sailors from the Ninth Compartment, who did not die immediately after the explosion, were able to leave farewell notes.
01:47Great Britain and Norway immediately offered help after the tragedy, but Russia refused.
01:53After a week of unsuccessful rescue operations, Russia allowed Norwegian sailors to help recover the bodies and secret documents.
02:01It's still hard to evaluate those actions at that time.
02:05Perhaps, if help from other countries had been accepted, some of the submariners could have been saved.
02:11The official version states that the submarine lying on the seabed had a 60-degree tilt.
02:16Combined with poor visibility and rough sea conditions, this led to the fact that the submersibles were unable to complete
02:22their task on the 13th, 14th, 15th of August, or later.
02:27However, here is what the commander of the rescue team, David Russell, says about this.
02:32We realized that the information being given to us was false.
02:36There was good visibility and calm seas.
02:39The position of the Korsk submarine was acceptable, and it was possible to help the surviving sailors.
02:45Norwegian Admiral Einar Skorgen, a participant in the operation, also reported the disinformation.
02:51The divers descended very quickly.
02:53The submarine was there, its position was completely horizontal, and there was no strong current.
02:59The Russians told us that the rescue hatch ring was damaged, but that turned out not to be true.
03:04So it was possible to dock with Korsk, and the subsequent events proved it.
03:10Almost immediately upon arrival, the Norwegians were successful.
03:14At 1,300 hours, on August 20th, after docking the rescue vehicle, they opened the ninth compartment of the submarine.
03:22Two hours later, authorities announced no survivors were found on board.
03:26It became known that the submarine was completely flooded as early as August 19th, after divers tapped on the hull
03:33of Korsk.
03:34In the fall of 2001, the submarine was razed to the surface, and, with the help of pontoons, was towed
03:41to a dry dock.
03:42Before that, the bow section of the sunken cruiser was cut off and left on the seabed, although many experts
03:48suggested raising it completely.
03:50Subsequently, this section was blown up right on the seabed, and thus, the most important piece of evidence was deliberately
03:57destroyed.
03:58According to the official version, the first torpedo exploded due to a fuel component leak.
04:03After the first explosion, a fire started and the remaining torpedoes detonated.
04:08A second explosion followed, which destroyed several compartments of the submarine.
04:13This version was recorded in the book, The Truth About Korsk, by Prosecutor General Ustinov.
04:19It was harshly criticized by experts, many of whom leaned toward one or another alternative.
04:24Versions, it was suggested...
04:26Strange!
04:27Assumption that...
04:28There was a suicide terrorist from Dagestan on board.
04:31The suspect was a civilian specialist from the Dagdizel plant, Mahmed Gadzhev, who was assigned to the crew for the
04:38duration of the voyage.
04:39The man was in the first compartment at the time of the explosion, where it occurred, but later his innocence
04:45was proven.
04:46When Korsk was conducting a demonstration launch of a new torpedo, the American submarine Memphis was too close.
04:53Fearing a second launch, the Americans opened fire on Korsk.
04:57This version is supported by foreign experts, and they even say that Putin was aware of these events, but remained
05:03silent to avoid a military confrontation with the United States.
05:06They even named the alleged American torpedo type, MK-48.
05:11The inspection of the Korsk submarine, made possible after the bow section was removed and the rest towed into dry
05:18dock, further fueled this version.
05:20On the starboard side of the Korsk submarine, a hole is clearly visible with the metal of the light outer
05:26hull of the boat bent inward around it.
05:29Here is what an experienced submariner, Captain First Rank Anatoly Pavlovich Ilyushkin, said about this.
05:35The torpedo fired at the Korsk passed through the light and strong hull of the boat, and exploded inside the
05:41second compartment.
05:42The explosion couldn't have destroyed the boat's other compartments, which is an indisputable fact.
05:47They were destroyed by the second explosion, which occurred after the detonation of the entire torpedo ammunition that was on
05:53the Korsk.
05:54This is the second indisputable fact, from which follows the third fact.
05:58Two torpedoes were fired at the Korsk.
06:00The widely known photographs are associated with this breach, and there is another related version, which we will consider last.
06:08There was also a version about the collision of the Korsk with one of the American submarines on that day,
06:14based on satellite reconnaissance imagery.
06:16The United States submarine Memphis was detected in Norway's repair docks a week after the Korsk incident.
06:22And not far from the site of the catastrophe with the submarine Korsk, a signal emergency buoy was discovered.
06:28But it was not from the Korsk.
06:30The buoy was of foreign manufacture.
06:32However, no characteristic holes were found anywhere on the hull of the submarine Korsk.
06:38American submarines, neither the Memphis nor the Toledo, have any protruding parts in their design that could have left a
06:45round hole about a meter in diameter on the hull of the victim.
06:49And even if a collision had occurred, it's unlikely that anything would have been left of the Memphis to repair.
06:55The designer of the Korsk, Igor Baranov, compared the theory to a Zaporozhets colliding with a KAMAZ truck.
07:05Let's get back to the hole.
07:07According to the theory, according to the technical expert Yuri Antipov, such damage does not correspond to an attack by
07:13a real combat torpedo.
07:14There should have been an explosion of the attacking torpedo in the space between the light and pressure hulls of
07:20Korsk.
07:21In this photo, the section of the light hull plating with the characteristic hole has been dismantled.
07:26During an attack on Korsk by a torpedo, even of a cumulative type that burns through the plating,
07:32theoretically, it is possible for a round hole to form in the light outer hull of the submarine.
07:37But then, after burning through the outer hull, the torpedo should explode.
07:41And we would definitely see traces of an explosion in the space between the light plating and the pressure hull
07:48of Korsk.
07:49The cruise missile silos' hulls are torn, but the small pipelines remain intact, unaffected by a powerful explosion.
07:56Moreover, numerous seismic stations operated by seismologists recorded the Korsk explosion.
08:02Based on the seismograms, a short period of time preceding the main event on Korsk was analyzed.
08:07And it was discovered that 135 seconds before the powerful explosion, the instruments recorded a weaker tremor.
08:15And this confirms that there was initially an explosion of a single faulty torpedo on Korsk.
08:20Which, after 135 seconds, caused the detonation and explosion of dozens of torpedoes, ultimately destroying the submarine.
08:28The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also seized on this fact.
08:32However, a deeper analysis of foreign seismologists' findings reveals that instruments recorded two tremors before the primary explosion, not just
08:41one.
08:42The first one actually occurred 135 seconds before the main event.
08:46But after the first weak tremor, about 70 seconds before the main explosion, there was a second weak tremor.
08:52And for some reason, Western specialists did not notice it.
08:56The object that left the hole entered the hull not at a right angle, but at a side angle, as
09:01if it was catching up with the submarine.
09:03This is evidenced by the oval shape of the hole.
09:06Simultaneously, it moved underwater nearly parallel to the submarine's hull.
09:10According to the technical expert Yuri Antipov, only a Shkval torpedo could have made such a hole.
09:17Essentially, it is an underwater missile with a jet engine.
09:20According to this version, the Kursk nuclear submarine, while at periscope depth as per its assignment, was taking position to
09:27fire a Shkval torpedo in the Barents Sea.
09:30Simultaneously, the submarine's bow faced west-northwest to avoid launching the torpedo toward other ships in the exercises.
09:38As planned, the Kursk nuclear submarine fired a training Shkval torpedo without a warhead during the exercises at the designated
09:46time.
09:46The main task was to demonstrate the extremely high speed of the device and the short time it takes to
09:52reach the designated target.
09:53During its movement toward the designated target, a malfunction occurs.
09:58Possibly, the torpedo grazes the intended target.
10:01Or, more likely, it collides with one of the American submarines that were on duty in the area.
10:06Supporting this is the fact that the submarine Memphis left the exercise area slowly and later underwent repairs.
10:12One way or another, this first collision was recorded by seismologists 135 seconds before the explosion on Kursk.
10:21After the first collision, the ricochet deflected torpedo heads toward Kursk.
10:25The second seismic shock records its impact with the submarine.
10:29After this collision, only 75 seconds remain before the explosion of the Kursk submarine.
10:35It is during this time that the fuel from the Shkval torpedo, which entered the torpedo compartment, causes a localized
10:41fire with a very high combustion temperature.
10:44But this is not yet the main torpedo explosion.
10:47Seeing the futility of fighting for the torpedo compartment's survivability under such conditions, some crew members managed to leave the
10:53first compartment during this time.
10:55One of the few drawbacks of the Shkval torpedo is that it cannot hit targets located deeper than 30 meters
11:01underwater.
11:02What could the captain of the submarine Kursk, Klyachin, do, knowing that a wild and very noisy torpedo was starting
11:09to come back?
11:10There were only a few seconds left to react.
11:12In this case, he made the sole right choice, although it initially appeared unorthodox.
11:17For submarines of this type, according to regulatory documentation, it is not allowed to descend when there is less than
11:2480 meters between the hull and the sea bottom.
11:26This is because the pumps in the reactor cooling system could end up sucking in sediment from the sea bottom.
11:32But Kursk, while already in shallow water, began to dive so urgently that they didn't even have time to close
11:38the hatches and platforms of the navigation bridge.
11:40Captain Klyachin, knowing that the Shkval couldn't hit the Kursk if the submarine was at a depth of more than
11:4630 meters, gave the order against regulations.
11:49For the emergency dive, the propellers were set to full speed.
11:53And at the same time, the stern depth rudders were set for the fastest possible descent.
11:58The following fact indicates that the power plant was operating at full speed.
12:02Divers involved in the rescue operation noted that Kursk was lying on the seabed with severely bent propeller blades.
12:09After it struck the seabed, the tail rudders were in the position for maximum rapid descent.
12:15Despite attempted maneuvers, Kursk failed to dive deep enough in time.
12:19It was simply too slow compared to the lightning-fast torpedo rushing toward it.
12:24According to this version, the submarine Kursk perished along with its entire crew due to a tragic accident during the
12:30testing of the newest weapon.
12:32Discuss in the comments how accurate this version is to reality.
12:36Maybe there are viewers who know more and can provide a complete technical picture of the tragedy that occurred.
12:42Perhaps the CIA director's visit to Moscow had an entirely different purpose.
12:46In any case, it is precisely the inconsistency of the official version that becomes the starting point for all alternative
12:52theories.
12:53And here's something else.
12:54Recently, it was reported that an accident involving the nuclear-powered deep-sea vessel Losharik resulted in 14 casualties.
13:03Among the dead were seven captains of the first rank, three second-rank captains, two third-rank captains, a captain
13:10-lieutenant, and a lieutenant-colonel of the medical service.
13:13Two of the deceased are heroes of Russia, and three received the Order of Courage three times.
13:20In 2000, the military, besieged by an independent press, had to lie and withhold information.
13:27By 2019, they could simply remain silent.
13:30All we officially know is the list of the deceased and the official statements that the cause of the emergency
13:36was a fire.
13:37However, we will likely never know the causes or circumstances surrounding the deaths of the 14 submariners.
13:44That's all for today.
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