How Russian Kursk submarine was sank

The sinking of the Kursk in 2020 perfectly encapsulates everything wrong with the Russian military and why they are losing so badly in this war.

The Kursk was no joke. It was an Oscar II class submarine, making it the largest on earth at the time.

The Kursk was a nuclear powered submarine that could fire nuclear cruise missiles at any target. It was modern, sleek, uber-powerful, and crewed by the best men in the Russian Fleet.

The Kursk was the pride of the Russian Navy. It was a testament to Russian power and capability as much as the Pyotr Velikiy or any other ship.

The Kursk was sent out for a training mission with various ships. During the training, missing Krusk asked permission to fire a dummy torpedo.

One of the dummy torpedos called a “tolstushka” was loaded into the 4th tube. The hydrogen peroxide fuel on the torpedo began to react and suddenly exploded. The blast wave soon moved through all the weapon storage rooms and major parts of the sub.

The submarine sank to the bottom of the sea. Then 2 minutes later the 7 armed warheads were detonated aboard the Kursk due to the fire and a massive explosive rocked the ship.

A few survivors made their way to a safe section of the ship where they pleaded for help. Russia made attempts to save the men but ultimately failed.

Here’s what really causes this.

1. The Kursk was poorly maintained and always had been
2. The Torpedos given to Kursk were not kept in proper conditions. They were just kept in random warehouses making them a ticking timebomb

This is what causes the disaster. The crew performed perfectly but they were doomed from the start.

Now right after this goes down the US knows the Kursk just sank and has shipped over the Kursk designed for deep-sea submarine rescue. In fact, dozens of nations offer to help but Russia refuses them all, stating rescue was imminent.

In fact, Russia bungled everything badly. They got the wrong location of the Kursk at first, wasting precious hours. Then when they found it their efforts to rescue the men were a total failure. In the end, Russia failed to save its sailors.

Turns out Russian rescue equipment was also poorly maintained and failed to do its job. Had Russia accepted US assistance- the crew may have survived.

This is Russia in a nutshell. They don’t have any money and they are overflowing with this false sense of pride they haven’t earned.

Those Torpedos weren’t poorly maintained because of laziness- Russia just cannot afford to properly store torpedos. The Kursk wasn’t poorly maintained because the crew sucked- it was poorly maintained because Russia refused to fix broken parts.

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Russia tries to maintain this big army with these big ships but they have no money for any of it. So in the end corners are cut everywhere they can be found and sadly it costs lives.

We see this in Ukraine today and we saw this with Kursk years ago. It will continue on and on