DeTomaso Mailing List: September 2000, Message #7

..... and the sub is on the bottom outside my coast!!!
I don`t like it!!

J.C.Olsen
83GT5

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> Thought you would like to know.....
> 
> The Kursk's dark mission
> 
> K-141 is down. The Kursk, an Antyey type 949A  nuclear attack submarine,
> was lost in the Barents Sea. The Kursk, one of eight active Oscar II
> class submarines, was the pride of the Russian navy and the leading edge
> of the new Northern Fleet. Commissioned in 1995, the Kursk was the
> Northern Fleet's most powerful weapon. It made a high-profile voyage to
> the Mediterranean in September 1999 and was due to return later this
> year as part of a planned Russian nuclear task group deployment to the
> Middle East.
> 
> The August Russian naval exercise in the Barents Sea was designed to
> provide the West with good reason to remember the Kursk. Reports now
> show the exercise was intended to showcase the Kursk as she performed
> her two primary  roles, killing American carriers and submarines. The
> Russian navy exercise also drew a small crowd of  interested observers
> in the form of two U.S. Los Angeles attack submarines, loitering in the
> shallow polar sea over 50 miles from the Kursk That fateful morning the
> Kursk reportedly completed a successful firing of her main killer, the
> Chelomey Granitmissile, NATO code-named SS-N-19 Shipwreck. The Kursk and
> her sister boats carry 24 Shipwreck missiles. The missiles are stored on
> each side of the huge submarine in banks of 12, hidden between the
> layers of the boat's thick twin hull skin. The Shipwreck missiles are
> stored in launching tubes external to the inner pressure hull where the
> 118 crewmembers worked and lived.
> 
> The Shipwreck missile fired by the Kursk  that Saturday  morning
> contained a 1,600-pound conventional warhead.  It reportedly scored a
> direct hit against a Russian hulk target over 200 miles away. The
> Shipwreck is intended to strike U.S. carriers but can also be targeted
> against U.S. cities. Russian naval sources indicate that the Shipwreck
> missile can be armed with an H-bomb warhead equal to one half million
> tons of TNT, more than enough to flatten Los Angeles or New York City.
> 
> That fateful August Saturday, in the dim afternoon light of  the arctic
> summer sun, the Kursk began her last performance, the simulated
> destruction of a U.S. submarine using the 100-RU Veder missile. The
> Veder, NATO code-named SS-N-16A Stallion, is a rocket-boosted torpedo.
> The Stallion is launched from  the huge 26-inch diameter torpedo tubes
> installed on each Oscar II class submarine. The Stallion is so secret
> that no picture of the weapon has ever been published. The Stallion is
> fired from the submarine's torpedo tube but flies like a missile. The
> Stallion rocket booster ignites underwater once the weapon is clear of
> the submarine, sending the missile to  the surface.
> 
> The missile then flies to the target under rocket power where it finally
> ejects a lightweight  torpedo at supersonic speed. The mini-torpedo then
> uses its own little parachute, slowing to drop gently into the water
> directly above the  target. The mini-torpedo then homes in on the
> target  submarine for the final kill. The conventional Stallion fired by
> the Kursk was armed with a mini-220 pound  explosive warhead. Jane's
> Defense reports that the missile can also be armed with a mini-nuclear
> warhead  equal to 200,000 tons of TNT.
> 
> According to Jane's, the last moments of the Kursk  were recorded as she
> prepared to fire the Stallion. Seismologists in Norway told Jane's that
> a monitoring  station registered two explosions at the time the  Kursk
> sank. The first registered 1.5 on the Richter scale. A second, stronger
> explosion measuring 3.5 on the  Richter scale equivalent to one to two
> tons of TNT was  recorded  just over two minutes later. The Stallion
> rocket motor may have ignited inside the sealed torpedo tube just before
> firing. The Stallion may have jammed itself inside the torpedo tube as
> it was fired.  In any event, the underwater rocket appears to have
> ignited inside the inner manned pressure hull. The force of the Stallion
> rocket motor would have twisted the huge torpedo tube, melting through
> the metal  walls within seconds. Just enough time for alarms to sound
> and men to die. Then the small 220-pound warhead exploded, blowing a
> gaping hole in the twisted skin of the attack submarine.
> 
> The submarine immediately fell forward as the icy water rushed to fill
> the forward weapon bay. The last moments of the Kursk and most of her
> crew were filled with fire and ice as the vessel plunged into the cold
> arctic depths. The rush of cold water did not extinguish the fire since
> the Stallion rocket booster was designed to burn without air. The
> exploding warhead would have sent huge flaming chunks of the rocket
> booster into the forward weapon control room. The force of the
> 14,000-ton submarine striking the bottom on the damaged torpedo bay was
> the final  blow, detonating one of the many weapons inside upon impact.
> The force of the explosion inside the twin hull submarine ripped the
> starboard side open back to the sail. The manned areas forward of the
> reactor compartment, including the control room and living quarters,
> rapidly flooded, leaving no time for personnel in those compartments to
> escape. This may not be the end of the story.
> 
> There are now suggestions that the West should help Russia raise the
> Kursk. Yet, despite being broke, Russia continues to build and deploy
> the Oscar II submarine force. There are seven active Oscar II class
> boats. The latest, K-530 the Belgorod, is still under construction at
> the Severodvinsk Shipyard.  Budget cutbacks have slowed progress on the
> boat to a standstill but construction continues. There are rumors that
> China is interested in buying K-530. The Kursk sailed the Mediterranean
> in late 1999 as a show of flag to Russian allies such as Syria, Libya
> and Serbia.  At the same time the Kursk was touring the Mediterranean in
> 1999, a Pacific Fleet Oscar II submarine was quietly cruising the
> western seaboard of the United States, within missile range of
> California, Oregon and Washington. While we all mourn the passing of
> K-141 and her crew, we should also reflect on exactly what her mission
> was.
> 
> Charles Smith is a national security and defense reporter for
> WorldNetDaily.
> 
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> <p>Thought you would like to know.....
> <p>The Kursk's dark mission
> <p>K-141 is down. The Kursk, an Antyey type 949A  nuclear attack submarine,
> was lost in the Barents Sea. The Kursk, one of eight active Oscar II class
> submarines, was the pride of the Russian navy and the leading edge of the
> new Northern Fleet. Commissioned in 1995, the Kursk was the Northern Fleet's
> most powerful weapon. It made a high-profile voyage to the Mediterranean
> in September 1999 and was due to return later this year as part of a planned
> Russian nuclear task group deployment to the Middle East.
> <p>The August Russian naval exercise in the Barents Sea was designed to
> provide the West with good reason to remember the Kursk. Reports now show
> the exercise was intended to showcase the Kursk as she performed her two
> primary  roles, killing American carriers and submarines. The Russian
> navy exercise also drew a small crowd of  interested observers in
> the form of two U.S. Los Angeles attack submarines, loitering in the shallow
> polar sea over 50 miles from the Kursk That fateful morning the Kursk reportedly
> completed a successful firing of her main killer, the Chelomey Granitmissile,
> NATO code-named SS-N-19 Shipwreck. The Kursk and her sister boats carry
> 24 Shipwreck missiles. The missiles are stored on each side of the huge
> submarine in banks of 12, hidden between the layers of the boat's thick
> twin hull skin. The Shipwreck missiles are  stored in launching tubes
> external to the inner pressure hull where the 118 crewmembers worked and
> lived.
> <p>The Shipwreck missile fired by the Kursk  that Saturday  morning
> contained a 1,600-pound conventional warhead.  It reportedly scored
> a direct hit against a Russian hulk target over 200 miles away. The Shipwreck
> is intended to strike U.S. carriers but can also be targeted against U.S.
> cities. Russian naval sources indicate that the Shipwreck missile can be
> armed with an H-bomb warhead equal to one half million tons of TNT, more
> than enough to flatten Los Angeles or New York City.
> <p>That fateful August Saturday, in the dim afternoon light of  the
> arctic summer sun, the Kursk began her last performance, the simulated
> destruction of a U.S. submarine using the 100-RU Veder missile. The Veder,
> NATO code-named SS-N-16A Stallion, is a rocket-boosted torpedo. The Stallion
> is launched from  the huge 26-inch diameter torpedo tubes installed
> on each Oscar II class submarine. The Stallion is so secret that no picture
> of the weapon has ever been published. The Stallion is fired from the submarine's
> torpedo tube but flies like a missile. The  Stallion rocket booster
> ignites underwater once the weapon is clear of the submarine, sending the
> missile to  the surface.
> <p>The missile then flies to the target under rocket power where it finally
> ejects a lightweight  torpedo at supersonic speed. The mini-torpedo
> then uses its own little parachute, slowing to drop gently into the water
> directly above the  target. The mini-torpedo then homes in on the
> target  submarine for the final kill. The conventional Stallion fired
> by the Kursk was armed with a mini-220 pound  explosive warhead. Jane's
> Defense reports that the missile can also be armed with a mini-nuclear
> warhead  equal to 200,000 tons of TNT.
> <p>According to Jane's, the last moments of the Kursk  were recorded
> as she prepared to fire the Stallion. Seismologists in Norway told Jane's
> that a monitoring  station registered two explosions at the time the 
> Kursk sank. The first registered 1.5 on the Richter scale. A second, stronger
> explosion measuring 3.5 on the  Richter scale equivalent to one to
> two tons of TNT was  recorded  just over two minutes later. The
> Stallion rocket motor may have ignited inside the sealed torpedo tube just
> before firing. The Stallion may have jammed itself inside the torpedo tube
> as it was fired.  In any event, the underwater rocket appears to have
> ignited inside the inner manned pressure hull. The force of the Stallion
> rocket motor would have twisted the huge torpedo tube, melting through
> the metal  walls within seconds. Just enough time for alarms to sound
> and men to die. Then the small 220-pound warhead exploded, blowing a gaping
> hole in the twisted skin of the attack submarine.
> <p>The submarine immediately fell forward as the icy water rushed to fill
> the forward weapon bay. The last moments of the Kursk and most of her crew
> were filled with fire and ice as the vessel plunged into the cold arctic
> depths. The rush of cold water did not extinguish the fire since the Stallion
> rocket booster was designed to burn without air. The exploding warhead
> would have sent huge flaming chunks of the rocket booster into the forward
> weapon control room. The force of the 14,000-ton submarine striking the
> bottom on the damaged torpedo bay was the final  blow, detonating
> one of the many weapons inside upon impact. The force of the explosion
> inside the twin hull submarine ripped the starboard side open back to the
> sail. The manned areas forward of the reactor compartment, including the
> control room and living quarters, rapidly flooded, leaving no time for
> personnel in those compartments to escape. This may not be the end of the
> story.
> <p>There are now suggestions that the West should help Russia raise the
> Kursk. Yet, despite being broke, Russia continues to build and deploy the
> Oscar II submarine force. There are seven active Oscar II class boats.
> The latest, K-530 the Belgorod, is still under construction at the Severodvinsk
> Shipyard.  Budget cutbacks have slowed progress on the boat to a standstill
> but construction continues. There are rumors that China is interested in
> buying K-530. The Kursk sailed the Mediterranean in late 1999 as a show
> of flag to Russian allies such as Syria, Libya and Serbia.  At the
> same time the Kursk was touring the Mediterranean in 1999, a Pacific Fleet
> Oscar II submarine was quietly cruising the western seaboard of the United
> States, within missile range of California, Oregon and Washington. While
> we all mourn the passing of K-141 and her crew, we should also reflect
> on exactly what her mission was.
> <p>Charles Smith is a national security and defense reporter for WorldNetDaily.
> <br> 
> <br> 
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