The recent launch of Russia’s new hypersonic-armed submarine, Perm, serves as a stark reminder of the 2000 Kursk disaster.

Model of the Kursk nuclear submarine at the Lennusadam Maritime Museum in Tallinn, Estonia. Pjotr Mahhonin/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY During his first term, Vladimir Putin had to confront a raft of ...

On the twelfth of August 2000, the Russian navy held its most massive naval exercise since the fall of the Soviet Union. Due to a technical error the “unsinkable” Russian submarine, the Kursk, well, ...

PUTIN’S submarine branded a potential “floating bomb” is creeping home through the English Channel under the close watch of ...

Russia has unveiled plans to raise two nuclear submarines from the Arctic seabed over fears they could leak radioactive waste ...

A Russian submarine with nuclear capability has reportedly suffered a “serious accident ” in the Mediterranean Sea. The Novorossiysk, a 242ft Kilo-class submarine, is said to have surfaced above the ...

A RUSSIAN submarine capable of carrying nuclear weapons suffered a “serious accident” in the Mediterranean, according to reports. Fuel is now said to be leaking from Putin’s ...

Nov. 16 -- As Russian navy officials announced they were inching closer towards establishing the truth behind the sinking of the Kursk submarine, NATO assured Moscow there was no need to fear ...

A top Russian official said Monday that the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk would be raised in a three-month operation, tentatively set to begin in late July. Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov, who ...

NATO has brutally poked fun at one of Putin’s busted and broken submarines as the sputtering boat sailed through the English ...

While Pentagon and U.S. Navy officials have been sounding the alarm about a resurgent Russian Navy, the Defense Department’s concerns might be somewhat overblown. Though analysts vary in their ...