Blast on Russian sub...
 

Yet another blast on board a Russian nulcear submarine! Again the brass in the Russian navy are downplaying the incident, which damaged 25 sqaure metres of the subs external hull. I'm no genious on Russian subs, or western subs for that matter so feel free to correct me, but doesn't this recent incident bring serious concerns over the safety of Russian ageing sub fleet? After the Kursk I thought the Russians would really get their act together after the loss of so many lives, but it would appear not. I realised accidents do happen, like when a British submariner lost his life in an accident on a RN sub not so long ago. But the Russian navy seems to have them happen too frequently. What do you guys think? (Sorry if there are some weird typo's using a German keyboard lol everythings different!)

Well first of all it seems to be a high pressure air blast rather than an explosion of the normal kind.

Two no one was killed and 3 25 square metres were damaged but what kind and how serious?

Also Bellona should get their grammar checked. Reading the headline one could believe it was the new attack sub damaged but apparantley not.

I'm not downplaying it but there have been a few incidents with RN subs over the years, safety concerns etc but they never get this kind of reaction. However whenever it is a Russian sub, plane whatever there is this big hoo ha.

The exception to this rule is our Collins class subs which became the focus of many cruel jokes about it's quality and safety. :lol: But yeah, I agree with what you said earlier.

Apparently the explosion occured on a submarine that was dismantled, not an active or newly constructed one.
Scrapping accidents can happen.

He that confesses to a small crime is usually guilty of a bigger one ... :yep:

Probably due to lack of funding for decent maintenance :hmm:

Nothing to do with either the blast was just a case of bad luck most likely and anyway they should be able to put it right.

I was just thinking of some of those nuclear subs that are tighed up and rusting away because the don't have the money to dismantle the reactors and are almost totally dependent on the west to fund their disposal :hmm: