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Moscow (AFP) June 17, 2009 A Russian nuclear submarine in which 20 people died after a toxic gas accident will be leased to India later this year, a Russian defence official was quoted as saying on Wednesday. "On June 20 the vessel should finish all its tests. We are planning to hand the nuclear submarine over to India by the end of this year," Deputy Defence Minister Vladimir Popovkin said, quoted by Interfax news agency. Popovkin was referring to the the Nerpa, an Akula-class attack submarine that was the site of the one of the Russian navy's worst tragedies in recent years, Interfax reported. The Nerpa was undergoing trials in the Sea of Japan last November when its fire-fighting system went off by accident, filling the submarine with a toxic gas that killed 20 sailors and shipyard workers. Media reports said at the time that the Nerpa was to be delivered to India, under a deal in which New Delhi would pay Moscow two billion dollars for two submarines with an option to buy them when the lease runs out. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Sri Lanka military says rebel sub foundColombo (AFP) June 15, 2009 Sri Lankan troops have recovered the first submarine believed to have been used by the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, the military said Monday. Troops found the 24-foot (7.2-metre) submersible on the coast of the northeastern district of Mullaittivu, where the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were defeated last month, ending decades of ethnic conflict. "It had reportedly been used ... read more |
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