Was it the INS Chakra?

A submarine-wonk-colleague and I were just speculating this morning that yesterday’s “Russian sub accident that took the lives of 20 people”:http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jfn6BiK-75B0F4qtfZgNe12N18jw occured on one of the “Project 971/Akula class”:http://www.nti.org/db/submarines/russia/index.html boats.

And indeed. Though the Russians are yet to release additional information on the incident, the Indian press seems certain that it was the “Akula boat meant for India”:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Accident_on_Russian_submarine_meant_for_India_kills_20/articleshow/3690965.cms. I wrote about “that boat, the INS Chakra,”:http://www.wmdinsights.com/I21/I21_SA1_QuestionsPersist.htm some time ago.

More on this later.

2 thoughts on “Was it the INS Chakra?

  1. Anya L.

    Thanks, Ward. But that article is really rough. The only thing that saves it is that sub gurus Cristina Hansell and Clay Moltz as well as several other amazing folks kindly vetted it.

    Reply

Leave a Reply to Anya L. Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *