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Sunken Soviet submarine is leaking radioactive material in the ocean

A plume of radioactive material seeping from Komsomolets. (Gwynn et al., PNAS, 2026) A sunken Cold War-era nuclear submarine ...

Sunken Soviet Submarine Is Quietly Leaking Radiation Decades Later, Study Finds

While the nuclear-powered attack sub’s reactor appears to be ‘corroded,’ years of collaboration with Russian authorities has ...
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A Russian submarine's 'unusual' behavior has NATO's attention. A top official says it's 'limping home.'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Russian submarine traveling home from the Mediterranean has spent much of its journey surfaced. A NATO official said the ...
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Doomed from the Start: The Tragic Tale of the Soviet Navy’s Mike-Class Submarine

The K-278 Komsomolets was a one-of-a-kind vessel, developed by the Rubin Design Bureau to test technologies for future fourth-generation Russian nuclear submarines. Ordered in 1966 and designed by ...
BGR

This Keeps Deep-Diving Titanium Nuclear Submarines Unique To Russia

During the height of the Cold War, the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union spurred several technology-oriented races where both countries were trying to outdo the competition. The ...
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A Russian submarine's 'unusual' behavior has NATO's attention. A top official says it's 'limping home.'

A Russian submarine traveling home from the Mediterranean has spent much of its journey surfaced. A NATO official said the activity is unusual. It's not ideal for a submarine to travel this way. The ...
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A Russian submarine's 'unusual' behavior has NATO's attention. A top official says it's 'limping home.'

NATO leadership said that a lone Russian attack submarine appears to be "limping home," forced to travel on the surface. An alliance official told Business Insider the activity is "unusual" for a sub ...