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Old 07-08-2019, 08:49 AM
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Question Russian nuclear sub crew prevented ‘planetary catastrophe,’ top naval officer says

Russian nuclear sub crew prevented ‘planetary catastrophe,’ top naval officer says
By: Caitlin Yilek - 7-8-19
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The crew on a nuclear-powered Russian military submarine prevented a “planetary catastrophe,” according to a top naval officer who spoke at the funeral for the 14 sailors who died during a fire on the vessel.

Captain Sergei Pavlov, an aide to the commander of Russia’s navy, said Sunday the sailors “saved the lives of their colleagues, saved the vessel and prevented a planetary catastrophe.”

Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, said there were no signs the incident could have caused a larger catastrophe. “As for the reactor, there are no problems with that,” he said.

After days of secrecy about the incident, Russia confirmed late last week that the research vessel was nuclear powered, though it has refused to say what type of craft was involved. The Kremlin said that information was “absolutely classified.”

The craft is believed to be part of a secret nuclear-submarine project known as Losharik, according to reports, and was used to target underwater communications and cables. Russia has said the submersible was used to explore the sea bed.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the nuclear reactor on board had been completely sealed off from the fire.
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Dead sailors stopped a 'planetary catastrophe' aboard a secret submarine, a top Russian naval officer said at their funeral
By: Ryan Pickrell - Business Insider - 7-8-19
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A top Russian naval officer said at a funeral in St. Petersburg that the 14 Russian officers who died aboard a secret Russian submarine last week "prevented a planetary catastrophe."
The Kremlin has denied the existence of a broader threat, but Russian officials have said the submarine's nuclear reactor survived the fire because of the crew's actions.
Russia remains cagey with the details surrounding the incident that claimed the lives of a number of high-ranking Russian officers aboard a yet-to-be-identified vessel declared a "state secret" by the Russian government.
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A top Russian naval officer said that the 14 Russian sailors who died in a fire aboard a secretive Russian submarine last week sacrificed themselves to prevent a "catastrophe" on a planetary scale, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing Russian media reports.

"With their lives," the unnamed Russian officer said at a funeral in St. Petersburg, "they saved the lives of their colleagues, saved the vessel and prevented a planetary catastrophe." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who said he was unaware of the officer's comments, denied that there was any risk of a broader threat.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said last week that the submarine's nuclear reactor survived the fire because the crew took "necessary measures" to protect it, the Independent reported.

The July 1 incident remains a mystery as Russia has declared the details a "state secret." Peskov stressed last week that all of the information about the submarine and its mission are classified at the "highest level," ABC News reported. Even the funeral was secretive, with many in attendance refusing to show their faces or identify themselves to attending media.

A Russian defense ministry statement carried by Russian media revealed the deep-sea submersible was specifically designed to explore the ocean floor in service of the Russian Navy. While the Russia has yet to officially identify the vessel, multiple Russian media outlets have identified the "Losharik."

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A blurry photo of what is believed to be the Losharik Russian Ministry of Defense

Russia has kept the details of the submarine's work a secret, but A.D. Baker, a former naval intelligence officer, told INSIDER that "it's in general agreement that the sub's function is intelligence gathering and, probably, the destruction of or tapping into of undersea communications cables."

(Personal note: I read the Russians were tapping these cables to steal data - Boats)

Almost all of the 14 sailors who perished in last week's incident were high-ranking officers, which largely speaks to the nature of the Russian navy but also points to the advanced technicality of the vessel and the submarine's likely intelligence-gathering mission.

Other naval affairs experts also said that the submarine in question, assuming it was the nuclear-powered Losharik, may have been designed to target undersea equipment.

"The Russians talk about these ships in this program doing bathymetric research and deep-ocean research, meaning they do stuff on the sea floor," Bryan Clark, a former US Navy officer and a submarine warfare expert, told INSIDER. "If they are doing research on the sea floor with a military submarine, they are probably also able to interdict or disrupt undersea cabling or other undersea infrastructure, like pipelines."

He added that subs like this could also be used to install, remove, or disrupt seabed sonar arrays, either strengthening Russia's defenses or crippling someone else's undersea capabilities.

Russia has not confirmed any of these details, and even the fire the Kremlin said led to the deaths is suspect, as some are calling the Russian government's cagey behavior in the aftermath a cover-up.

"I doubt the Russians ever reveal the cause, at least in its entirety," Baker explained. "The aging Russian Navy (and the predecessor Soviet Navy) in general has had a far higher number of operational accidents than any other 'major' fleet, and a large number of those accidents have involved fires."
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