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A Time to Die by Robert Moore
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Robert Moore is stationed on the U.S.S Memphis in the Barents Sea in Russia. On the date of Augest 12 2000 the Memphis is deep in Russian territory. The Northern Russian Fleet is running a training exercise that involves Submarines and Ships. When the flag ship the Kursk sets out that day it will not come back and no one will survive -
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So far it gives us the names of some characters. It explains how at this time Russia is very poor so resources and maintenece are low. As torpedoes are loaded onto the sub it is unknown that there is a flaw. The torpedos are powered by Kerosine and Highly concentrated Hydrogen Peroxide this mixture is even more powerfull than the warhead that sits at the front of the torpedo. The kursk crew had no idea that the practcice torpedo had been internally eroding for 6 years -
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As a crew member loads the torpedo into the torpedo tube to lauch. He unknowingley inevitably doomed the crew. The captain gave the order to fire the torpedo. When it exploded it was so emense that it registered as an earthquake on the rikter scale. It was felt 500 miles away the explosion traveled at 4 miles a second. The explosion registered as an 3.5 -
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The explosion of the torpedo erupted into an infrono becuase of the chemical reaction in the torpedo. The torpedo room and the forward compartments are ruptured and water fills the room in under 7 seconds. now the kursk starts to sink. She slams into the ocean floor at 375 feet deep. When the sub hits the ocean floor the remaining torpedos and there fuel explode.375 feet is Realitiveley shallow in submarine terms. You and the navy would suspect that everyone would die but your wrong. -
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The kursk was powered by 2 nuclear reactors each was surrouneded in 5 inches of hardened steel. This is what saved 23 lifes. Not only were these men saved they were also unharmed. -
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The men in the aft of the sub are in no immediate danger so they wait. Russian naval intelligence doesnt realize that an emergencey is underway. They dont react for 17 hours. When they do realize an emergencey is underway they send a submarine that is uncapable of rescue. The news is released and the americans offer to sned help. -
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The Russians rescue sub is 15 years old and is undermaintained because of the shrinking budget. Also it opperates on batteries that dont last long. The americans offer to help is refused. -
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The russians ask for help 8 days after the accident. The men in the sub are inevitabley dead. The Kursk was a huge sub she weighed 23,000 tone nearly 50,000 pounds. She was the size of 2 boing 747s end to end 500ft. The sub was in 375 ft of water and she was 500ft long. 125ft longer than she was on the bottom -
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Divers sit on the shell of the kursk and wait for orders to open a rescue hatch. Turn by turn a diver squirts milk into the surrounding water to see if the compartemnt is flooded -
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The milk doesnt go into the compartment so it must be flooded. The divers open the hatch and a small amount of air escapes along with all the hopes of the crew members survivng. The Kursk tragedy was a submarine tragedy but it could have been much worse. If the 5 inch steel surrounding the nuclear reactors didnt hold up it would have caused a nuclear meltdown and nuclrea radition would pullute the ocean causing an international disaster.