The fire on board a doomed Russian submarine could have sparked a 'planetary catastrophe', a high-ranking military official reportedly revealed (Pictured: Motorcade outside Serafimovskoye cemetery during the funeral of Russian sailors killed in submarine fire on Saturday, July 6)
Daily Mail: Fire on board Russian nuclear submarine 'could have sparked a "planetary catastrophe", high-ranking military official revealed'
* Alleged comments made at Saturday's funeral for the blaze's 14 victims
* Victims reportedly took measures to contain the vessel's nuclear reactor
* Nearly all the victims were highly-decorated military officials
* Moscow has said details on the incident will be kept a 'state secret'
The fire on board a doomed Russian submarine could have sparked a 'planetary catastrophe', a high-ranking military official reportedly revealed.
The alleged comments were made at Saturday's funeral in St Petersburg of the 14 sailors who died in the blaze on July 1.
The victims are understood to have sealed a hatch, in a desperate bid to contain the military vessel's nuclear reactor.
The Kremlin is yet to confirm whether it was the crew members actions that prevented a potentially disastrous incident.
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11 comments:
I don't know if this is true, but it might be. If this is the case, we owe them a lot - and I hope it brings our countries a bit closer.
If it's a lie by the Kremlin (wouldn't be surprised), then F' the Kremlin for politicizing their deaths, but still RIP. Even if you were cutting / spying on our cables.. terrible way to go
It is good to have brave crew members willing to sacrifice themselves to advert a catastrophe. This reminds me of Chernobyl to a degree. But it is better to build safe vessels and nuclear reactors so that the accidents do not happen to begin with.
Got to wonder what sort of nuclear weapons were on that boat? A core meltdown wouldn't cause a "Planetary Catastrophe" anymore than Fukishima or Chernobly did.
The official should be getting come to work for us letters from the locals over here; NYT etc., soon. He'll be writing about DJT and the repubs. If Hollywood doesn't get him first.
Maybe a mistranslation? I don't care what was in the sub, that scenario is not believable.
Anon #1,
Maybe you "owe them a lot". Not me. Trust the first half of your first sentence and what you knew by third grade.
Not true/not the same thing. Both, chernobyl and fukushima were on surface, and relatively easily containable. The issue was wind in both cases and rain for chernobyl and tsunami for fukushima that help spread it several kilometers and diluted beyond for hundreds and more kilometers.
But under water at great depth it will be so difficult to contain it. Would take days to get there with most subs. Then to contain it would be a several month process. If water were to get in, it would be very challenging to contain it. Wund, thankfully, only picks up particles and most remains on the ground. The tsunami (fukushima) went inland but luckily little was contaminated - well still a few square kilometres/miles:1.7 but still. .. but in the ocean. ..holy f...the only think that would limit it is the likely small size of the nuclear reactor and material on board..but a few closeby islands might not enjoy swimming for a few months and sea food for longer perhaps
A Chernobyl, but under the sea this time?
Planetary catastrophe doesn't mean "end of the world". Events like Chernobyl were planetary catastrophes, with effects ranging far beyond the point of disaster. The arctic is at peak-melting at this time of season, and the undersea currents would have carried irradiated material as far as South Africa by now.
It sounds to me like the survivors likely starved the fire and prevented the reactor from being engulfed, by locking down wherever it was burning with a lot of men inside that area. While the survivors who made the call (which ultimately doomed their crewmates) can't exactly be hailed as heroes the dead certainly can, whether or not they even knew they would be forfeiting their lives by fighting the fire.
That's still not a global catastrophe by any stretch.
The survivors are hero's to, they kept a cool head and made the hardest call of their military careers whilst saving the remainder of the crew.
Yeah,
To shut that door, seal that hatch. You know it's your hand.
Set up for the Chernobyl sequel?
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