Reply #9: I always thought this was an interesting sidelight to the Kursk incident: [View All]

[Sinistrous]

(This is from a saved copy. I do not have a link.)

CNN.com

Divers reach sunken Kursk submarine
Specialist diving equipment is being used to reach the sunken Kursk submarine

October 21, 2000
Web posted at: 8:48 AM EDT (1248 GMT)

MOSCOW, Russia -- Divers have reached the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk in an effort to retrieve the bodies of its 118 crew members.

The Russian navy says divers operating from the offshore platform Regalia have descended more than 100 metres (300 feet) below the surface of the icy Barents Sea and plan to enter the submarine after cutting holes in its body.

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The operation using Russian and Norwegian deep-sea divers is being conducted by the Norwegian arm of U.S. oil services firm Halliburton from the company's Regalia platform, which arrived on site on Friday.

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What a coincidence. The construction arm of the CIA just happened to be in the area.