Chapter 994 The Nuclear Submarine Sank

※Fan Wubing received the Politburo meeting in a timely manner! The general concept of sweet bamboo. Although it was just a few words, the most important problem has been solved, and there is another important point. The two people who held Wu Fukuan accountable attracted Fan Heng's attention, and naturally came into Fan Wubing's eye.

Beware of potential opponents, understand potential opponents, and master the ability to check and balance the opponent. This is what Fan Wubing has always insisted on pursuing. If he cannot ensure these abilities, he will always be messing around at a very high level. , is very risky.

Fan Wubing knew very well what Fan Heng lacked most, not ability or strength, but relationships. Without forming a small group with the right to speak and take the lead, it would be difficult for a person to fight against a group of people. Yes, even the leaders of the generation back then could be said to be the most powerful talents that could not be produced in a hundred years. However, after being ignored, his voice was not even heard in the capital. He was forced to go to Shanghai to publish his own big-character poster, setting off a massive movement.

It can be seen from this. It is difficult for a politician to sing with his palm alone, which is a taboo for politicians. He has many friends and concubines and has disciples all over the world. That's the kingly way.

After he learned the names of the two committee members this time, Lixuan mobilized his various intelligence networks to conduct a thorough investigation on them, starting from their previous social relations, in order to obtain more information and gain some knowledge about them. A comprehensive understanding.

Although it is difficult to do this kind of thing, it is not impossible if you are determined to do it.

However, on the morning of August 14th, Fan Wubing suddenly received a message from Russia, saying that something happened there and a nuclear submarine sank.

"Kursk Nuclear Submarine" A name suddenly appeared in Fan Wubing's mind.

In the following period, the sinking of the Kursk caused an uproar in the world. Everyone was concerned about how Russia would react to the sinking of the nuclear submarine. What will the young President Putin do?

Russia's Kursk multi-purpose combat missile nuclear submarine was designed by Russia's ace weapons design bureau, Ruby Design Bureau. Many designs on the submarine are unique in the world.

The boat was launched in May 1994 and officially joined the Russian Northern Fleet in 1995. It is one of the latest strategic nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy and one of the largest nuclear submarines in the world today. It belongs to the 40th submarine of the Northern Fleet. A fleet of cruise missile nuclear submarines with fierce hull numbers.

The nuclear submersible Kursk is 154 meters long, 18 meters wide, with a draft of 9 meters and a displacement of 14,000 tons. It is powered by two nuclear reactors and can reach a speed of 28 knots in deep sea. Sailing through nineteen sheep. The endurance is one hundred and twenty days, and the maximum diving depth is three hundred meters. It can carry up to 135 people.

The Kursk nuclear submarine is specially designed to attack aircraft carriers. It was once hailed as the aircraft carrier terminator by the Russian media. The boat is equipped with a granite missile launcher, embedded in a non-pressure-resistant shell, and carries 24 latest-type anti-ship cruise missiles.

At present, no fleet in the world has found an effective weapon to deal with this missile.

The boat is also equipped with Guma mm and Keyin mm torpedo tubes, including torpedo tube-launched anti-submarine missiles. There are a total of thirty-two advanced tube-launched weapons.

The boat can be used to fire torpedoes and controllable anti-submarine missiles, thereby greatly improving the self-defense and attack capabilities of missiles and submarines. The submarine is one of the most modern large multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy to date. Specifically designed to attack aircraft carriers.

According to Jane's Defense Weekly, an authoritative British military research organization, a Kursk submarine can sink an aircraft carrier and other ships in the aircraft carrier formation, and can also attack enemy submarines.

Allegedly. The Kursk carries Russia's most secret new weapons and armaments. Twenty-four of the latest cruise anti-ship missiles can carry high-explosive warheads or nuclear warheads. Each warhead is as powerful as two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.

in addition. A new type of sonar system is also installed on the submarine. These armaments are regarded as top military secrets by Russia. It has not been disclosed to NATO and Western countries.

However, due to an unexplained explosion on board, the boat sank at the bottom of the Barents Sea at a depth of 150 meters on August 13. The boat included a total of 11 crew members, fleet-level senior generals and assistants. All eighteen people were killed.

After this incident happened in Russia, countries all over the world felt very nervous because it was unclear whether the Kursk carried nuclear warheads. Will the reactor leak and cause huge environmental pollution? Even some countries are worried that if it carries a nuclear warhead, will it fall into the hands of terrorists and become a major enemy threatening human society?

The US$1 billion Kursk nuclear submarine, Russia's most advanced defense weapon, exploded and sank inexplicably. This makes Russians feel very tight

The Kursk has two nuclear reactors, the submarine is six stories high, twice the size of a large jet submarine, and the Kurstin has a unique twin hull and... Compartment, even if it is directly hit by a torpedo, it will not sink.

But such a nuclear-powered submarine actually sank. What was the reason that caused this crisis to develop so quickly that the submarine had no time to surface?

After the Kursk disaster, a Chechen news agency made even more shocking remarks. The agency reported that a crew member blew up the Kursk in order to support Islamist forces in Chechnya.

However, this statement is worthy of scrutiny. Who can enter the front of the submarine first? Who has the motive to plant the bomb? There were two people on the boat from the Islamic region of Russia. One of them could enter the torpedo room. His name was Gadiyev.

However, the Russian Navy has conducted a detailed investigation into Gadiev's background. He is very loyal to the Navy and it is absolutely impossible for him to be an organized terrorist attack.

The Russian Navy believes that the Kursk sank because it collided with a foreign submarine.

The Northern Fleet was not the only one in the Barents Sea that day. There were at least two NATO submarines monitoring Russian exercises. This kind of intrigue game often turns into unexpected underwater scenes.

In the past thirty years, the Russian Navy has recorded 25 submarine collisions. Even the British Navy believed that the Kursk sank due to a collision. Their first thought was that the Kursk It was probably sunk by an American submarine in the Barents Sea.

Then, the Russian Navy released a satellite photo of the US submarine Memphis, which was parked in a Norwegian naval port. The photo was taken seven days after the sinking of the Kursk.

Russia believes that the photos are sufficient to prove that the US submarine was damaged, while the US categorically denies that the Memphis was involved in a collision.

The Russian Navy did not show any signs of weakness. They held a press conference. In the released image data, there seemed to be a huge cut on the side of the Kursk. They insisted that it was evidence of a collision. The culprit was either the Memphis or other submarines. Maybe a British submarine.

For a time, the Kursk became a thorny political issue.

The British Ministry of Defense believes that it is necessary to explore the collision theory. Since NATO submarines have been condemned, they must also know the truth.

But later, NATO countries could finally breathe a sigh of relief, because a Norwegian earthquake research institute announced that when the Kursk disappeared, they had detected an anomaly in the Barents Sea.

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The British government obtained this important information, handed it over to seismologists, and compared the seismograms with other seismic signals. It did not fit the pattern of undersea earthquakes or submarine collisions, but it was completely consistent with known underwater explosion patterns.

In this way, NATO was out of trouble, and hard-liners in the Russian Navy had to admit that the sinking of the Kursk was not caused by a submarine collision.

All in all, there are divergent opinions. No one can determine the real cause of this accident until the Kursk is salvaged.

However, it is said that the young President Putin intends to approve a bold salvage plan to lift the Kursk from the bottom of the sea, and has earmarked US$130 million for the salvage operation.

This left the Russians stunned. You must know that Russia is now poor and has short ambitions. The annual budget of the entire Northern Fleet is less than 100 million U.S. dollars. It would cost 130 million U.S. dollars to recover a nuclear submarine that has sunk and cannot be reused. This is really an exaggeration.

Therefore, Fan Wubing soon received a call from Putin. The president asked him if he could provide him with a funding of 1.3 billion US dollars as soon as possible to help him bypass the financial budget and operate this matter as soon as possible.

"Is this kind of thing okay?" Fan Wubing couldn't help but be a little surprised after hearing this. He thought to himself that foreigners really don't know what politeness is, but they just don't know what they can use as collateral or exchange for this time?

But Putin answered happily. "It's really hard to say this time. Mortgage or exchange will easily make me passive, so I think it's best to provide free funding. At worst, I can find an opportunity to repay this favor later, right?"

Fan Wubing scratched his head. The various investments he made in cooperating with the Russian side now have very generous returns. In a few years, the 50 billion US dollars invested will not only be able to recover the original cost. It would be easy to earn an additional two to fifty billion U.S. dollars. It is really not worth it to affect everyone's feelings for something worth hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars.

But he doesn’t want to let Putin take away the money so easily. What should he do if he develops a bad habit?

So Fan Wuyi had an idea and came up with a compromise, "It's okay to do this, but you have to give me the full broadcast rights to salvage the Kursk. Isn't this request too much?"

"I agree to your request." Putin thought for a moment and immediately agreed. read!