TIME EUROPE
August 28, 2000, Vol. 156 No. 9
Death in the Silent Service
Some major accidents aboard nuclear-powered submarines
April 10, 1963: The American nuclear attack submarine U.S.S. Thresher fails to resurface after a test dive 350 km east of Boston, killing 129. The probable cause: a leak in an engine room seawater piping system.
Sept. 8, 1967: Fire breaks out in the hydraulic system of a Soviet November-class sub in the Norwegian Sea. The submarine manages to resurface, but 39 crewmen die.
May 24, 1968: A reactor fault on a Soviet sub designated K-27 releases radiation that heavily contaminates the interior. The submarine is scuttled in the Kara Sea in 1981.
May 22, 1968: The U.S.S. Scorpion sinks 640 km southwest of the Azores after a suspected torpedo malfunction. All 99 aboard are killed.
April 8, 1970: Fires break out in a submerged Soviet November-class boat in the Bay of Biscay. It surfaces, but the fires rage out of control for three days until the vessel sinks with a loss of 52 lives.
Feb. 24, 1972: A rupture in a hydraulic fluid line starts a fire in a Soviet Hotel-class sub in the North Atlantic. Crewmen fight the fire for 24 days before being rescued, but 28 die.
Aug. 21, 1980: Fire and radioactive leakage force a Soviet Echo-I-class sub to surface off the coast of Japan. Nine die.
Oct. 6, 1986: A Soviet Yankee-class ballistic missile submarine sinks off Bermuda after an explosion in a missile tube. Four crewmen die.
April 7, 1989: Fire breaks out in the Soviet attack submarine Komsomolets in the Norwegian Sea, where it sinks with the loss of 42 lives.
Aug. 12, 2000: The Russian attack submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea after an explosion in the forward area. Rescue attempts fail, and all 118 on board die.
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August 28, 2000
COVER STORY
Death Watch
A collision or explosion sank the Kursk, but the real cause of the tragedy was the rapid deterioration of Russia's rusting and underfunded armed forces
Failed Ambitions
Putin's dream falls short of reality
Why Did Our Boys Have to Die
At the Kursk's home port, and across Russia, grieving families ask some awkward questions
Death in the Silent Service
Some major accidents aboard nuclear-powered submarines
Divided They Fall
The U.S. and Russia must learn to communicate
MIDDLE EAST
Reform Overruled
Iran's Supreme Leader quashes efforts to lift press constraints, angering those working for progress
AFRICA
Law in Search of Order
Northern Nigeria's Christian community is nervous as a strict Islamic judicial system is reintroduced
BUSINESS
Architect of Reform
Hans Eichel's success in rewriting the tax code will have far-reaching impact on the German economy
SOCIETY
Face Lift in a Jar?
Cosmeceuticals promise to turn back the clock on aging skin
ARTS
The Great Divide
Iranian-born Shirin Neshat tries to understand and explain Islam through her art
DEPARTMENTS
World Watch
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