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<\/div>Fire Down Below<\/h2>
On Monday, a Russian submarine caught fire during a mission, killing 14 sailors on board.<\/p>
But the public didn’t find out about the incident until the next day, when Russia finally released a statement<\/a> about the accident — though two days after the event, the nation still wouldn’t say exactly what kind of sub caught fire or whether it was nuclear-powered.<\/p> A possible reason for Russia’s caginess? Multiple sources are now claiming the sub was an AS-12 “Losharik,” a nuclear-powered submarine some speculate was designed to cut the undersea cables<\/a> that deliver internet to the world.<\/p> Russian media outlets RBC<\/em><\/a> and Novaya Gazeta<\/em><\/a> have both cited anonymous sources who claim the submarine was a Losharik, and while the sub has been in operation since 2003, Russia has never come out and declared its official purpose<\/a>.<\/p> That hasn’t stopped the U.S. and other Western officials from conjecturing about it, though.<\/p> For years, they’ve warned<\/a> that Russia has been surveying undersea cables<\/a>, and experts have called out<\/a> the Losharik by name as possibly playing a role in future missions to disrupt those cables.<\/p> Of course, there’s another possible reason for Russia’s lack of openness about Monday’s incident: if the Russian sub was a Losharik, that means a nuclear-powered craft just caught fire<\/em>.<\/p> On Tuesday, Norwegian authorities reported<\/a> that they hadn’t detected any abnormal radiation in the area of the fire. But the fact that Russia itself hasn’t released a similar statement is cause for serious concern, according to Russian news site The Bell.<\/em><\/p> “Nearly a day without information about the accident in a nuclear facility and the need to look out for Norwegian statements about the level of radiation should have given a shudder to those who remember the Chernobyl nuclear power station,” the site wrote about the fire, according to Reuters<\/em><\/a>.<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> Russia accused of cover-up over lethal submarine fire<\/a> [Reuters<\/em>]<\/p> More on undersea cables:<\/strong> Google’s Next Subsea Internet Cable to Connect Africa and Europe<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Russian Sub That Caught Fire Possibly Sent to Cut Internet Cables<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Link: Fire Down Below On Monday, a Russian submarine caught fire during a mission, killing 14 sailors on board. But the public didn\u2019t find out about the incident until the next day, when Russia finally released a statement about the accident \u2014 though two days after the event, the nation still wouldn\u2019t say exactly what kind of sub caught fire or whether it was nuclear-powered. A possible reason for Russia\u2019s caginess? Continue reading Spy Mission<\/h2>
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