Thursday 15 August 2013

INS Sindurakshak - accident while loading missile onboard suggested

UPDATE: The situation grows increasingly grim.
http://www.livefistdefence.com/2013/08/40-hours-after-explosions-on-ins.html

UPDATE: 15Aug 20:38 IST :
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/INS-Sindhurakshak-tragedy-Hopes-fade-as-Navy-divers-fail-to-find-missing-sailors/articleshow/21846774.cms
Still no luck.
 
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ins-sindhurakshak-tragedy-no-word-on-sailors-yet-initial-probe-hints-at-lapses-406131

This is an interesting new suggestion. A preliminary inquiry suggests that procedures for loading a Klub missile onboard were violated, and this caused the explosion. The Klub has a multi-stage rocket/turbojet engine, but there's an entire complex of missiles, and some of them just use a rocket. So whether it was the rocket fuel, or the turbojet fuel, or the missile warhead itself that started the blaze isn't elaborated upon.

No mention of a torpedo - at least, not yet.

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