Sinking of 'invulnerable' sub: 20 years later
Published: 07 April, 2009, 10:29
Twenty years ago on April 7, the Soviet nuclear submarine K-278 Komsomolets caught fire and sank in the Norwegian Sea.
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Published: 07 April, 2009, 10:29
Twenty years ago on April 7, the Soviet nuclear submarine K-278 Komsomolets caught fire and sank in the Norwegian Sea.
