Originally Posted by
jmelson
The Kursk was sunk by an explosion related to the Shkval torpedo, really an undersea rocket capable of traveling 160 MPH underwater. No way could that be done with electric propulsion.
Jon
Is there a reference source for that? It is the first time I've seen the Shkval mentioned as a factor in this disaster.
The Russians have not been particularly forthcoming about the specifics of this accident, but the idea of a peroxide leak cascading to a warhead explosion was the agreed story
afaik.