Fears of disaster as Russian nuclear submarine reports major malfunction in Mediterranean - The Novorossiysk, a 242ft Kilo-class submarine, is said to have surfaced above the Strait of Gibraltar ...

A RUSSIAN submarine capable of carrying nuclear weapons suffered a “serious accident” in the Mediterranean, according to ...

Novorossiysk, a Russian nuclear submarine, is reportedly facing a critical safety hazard in the Mediterranean Sea after ...

In 1963, USS Thresher sank, killing all 129 aboard—sparking decades of speculation. It remains the deadliest submarine ...

Novorossiysk, a Russian diesel-electric submarine, experienced a critical fuel system malfunction in the Mediterranean Sea, ...

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 ...

The sub, which is capable of carrying nuclear missiles, has reportedly issued an alert after getting into difficulty.

Moscow’s cover-up of the Kursk submarine incident seriously damaged Russian President Vladimir Putin’s prestige—and was even viewed by some as a “turning point” for modern Russia. The Americans almost ...

The Kursk’s loss of its 118-person crew makes it one of the deadliest in modern history. In August 2000, the Russian nuclear submarine “Kursk” sailed to the Arctic Circle to participate in a scheduled ...