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Kursk Finally Lifted

Posted by timothy on from the long-way-back dept.

Michiel writes: "This site, dedicated to the salvage of the Kursk by Mammoet Smit, announced today that the Kursk has been lifted from the seabed and is currently on it's way towards surface. The Giant 4 (which is lifting the Kursk) is at the same time already heading to Murmansk. Mamoet Smit expects to reach Murmansk Monday morning. More information about the Kursk (and its salvage) can be found at Strana" You might to revisit this post about just how the lifting is done as well.

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  1. It's not lifted yet... by wowbagger · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It may be out of the mud at the bottom, but until it is actually on the tender boat, it ain't lifted yet. The cables could snap, the sub could break apart, any number of really bad things could happen.

    I saw that Yahoo (the online service, not the Aussy actor) had made the same mistake.

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  2. Wondering.. by tcc · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If the real intentions behind lifting that sub was to get the crew back (at least not abandonning them in the bottom of the sea) or because they were affraid others might get their torpedo technology... makes you wonder...

    If it would have been the first case, why wasn't it done before? If it's the second case, doesn't it sound like "coincidence" that since war is grooming, they didn't want to leave anything that could give an edge to someone else? (not that the taliban have subs but..)

    Makes me wonder... Anyhow, I'm sure it's a "good" thing for the families of the people that got trapped in there, at least they will get a proper ceremony and burial place, that doesn't change much, but if my brother/sister or dad would have been caught in there, it would have made one for me knowing he's not resting undersea (but I'd still be pissed at how much time it took them to do this).

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  3. Hmm... by RareHeintz · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Are the Dutch members of NATO? Just curious... I mean, even a few pictures of the interior (bridge, sonar room, engine spaces, etc.) could be a major intelligence win if one were of that disposition.



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  4. Perhaps more interesting... by Durandel1020 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The torpedoes on the submarine are at least as interesting then the recovery effort. Quite remarkable actually, of course if they dont explode before launch that is. :)

    Here is a very good article about them
    For the goatse.cx weary...

    http://www.janes.com/defence/naval_forces/news/j dw /jdw010910_6_n.shtml

  5. The US tried this in 1974 by Decimal+Dave · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This reminds me of a CIA operation from the early 70's where the US built a specialized ship to raise a sunken Soviet nulear submarine from the bottom of the Pacific. I only hope that the Kursk lifting device is slightly more reliable, as the Glomar Explorer's "claw" kind of fell apart midway through the raising.

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  6. Re:families? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    After 14 months, at not too extreme a depth and keeping the temperature in mind, there would still be remains. They would all be in varying stages of decay, however. You could encounter mummified remains in some of the compartments that remained airtight but more than likely you're gonna find some gooey people down there. The water would start to break you down, but the cold would keep that pretty slow. There is no great crushing pressure at that depth so the skeleton would remain until the water breaks it down and it becomes pourous. I don't know what kind of organisms you would encounter in that part of the world, or what the salinity is. But 14 months is not a long time to be under water, there is still gonna be a lot there.