ly false ( Starobin ). The reason is that if anyone were able to sneak aboard the Kursk and tamper with its nuclear weapons the world would have a much bigger problem than just the fate of a Russian submarine and its crew. Another theory is that the submarine collided with the seabed during a manoeuvre, causing tanks of pressurised air inside the submarine to explode or otherwise triggering a larger explosion. The Kursk was designed for the ocean and not shallow waters in which it was in. It makes it much more difficult to carry out torpedo firing due to strong currents and winds.
             For the first time since his election, Russian President Vladimir Putin was forced to endure public condemnation. He was fiercely criticized for remaining on
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