Russian Sub Accident
Over the weekend, the Nerpa (K-152), an Akula II class sub, experienced an accident that killed 20.
My condolences to the victims and their families.
Information Dissemination has a good wrap-up. All I want to add is that the Akula class is an established platform for the Russians, so the accident raises questions regarding Russian retention of institutional knowledge, quality control and the current state of Russian shipbuilding. I haven’t seen any substantive information adequate to answer those questions, so they’ll just hang there for the moment.
