The tragic sinking of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk in 2000 remains one of the most mysterious and haunting naval ...

The Kursk sank during exercises in the Barents Sea, taking the lives of all 118 crew members. An initial explosion led to a catastrophic blast when other torpedoes detonated, but the submarine’s ...

The battered Kursk submarine reached a Russian shipyard where officials will check its twin nuclear reactors, remove the bodies of the crew members and begin dismantling its deadly missiles.