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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.

6 of 118 comments (clear)

  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. Videos by mnordstr · · Score: 5, Informative

    Check out the videos. They are really awesome.

  3. Olive will be happy! by gosand · · Score: 5, Funny
    Ay, the kursk has been lifted, eh? That'll teachk me to eats me spinach and go punckin mummies. I needs to go find Olive Oyl, I tolds her it didn't happen to every guy, that I was kursked.

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  4. Re:Wondering.. by zyklone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they were terribly worried about the torpedo technology they would not have left the torpedo section on the bottom of the sea.

    It was cut off to remove the risk of a second explosion.

  5. REALLY NICE VRML simulation of lifting by jgaynor · · Score: 4, Informative

    Got this from the strana site -

    Theres a really well done VRML simulation of how it was all done. Its really just a series of still environment snapshots from various stages of the salvage operation but someone took ALOT of time on it. Good job -

    http://www.parallelgraphics.com/vrml/kursk/index.h tml?eng

    I usually dismiss VRML as crappy and slow but Im really impressed with this one.

  6. 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