What really sank the Kursk?
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
More than 500 feet long and carrying missiles the size of small planes, the giant, nuclear-powered Kursk submarine was an apex predator of the high seas. At least, that is, until it was destroyed in one of the most catastrophic peacetime submarine accidents in history. The entire crew was lost and, decades later, some still believe this 'accident' was no accident at all.
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| 0:00.0 | Three years ago, I got a tip. |
| 0:02.1 | It just came out out of nowhere. |
| 0:03.5 | The biggest flash in my life. |
| 0:05.2 | For decades, a deadly incident has been covered up for political reasons. |
| 0:09.6 | What was so big about this incident? |
| 0:12.9 | On NPR's new podcast, Taking Cover, we unravel the story behind the worst |
| 0:17.2 | marine-on-marine-friendly fire in modern history and why it was kept secret. |
| 0:21.8 | What did you have to hide? |
| 0:23.8 | Listen to Taking Cover on NPR's embedded on the iHeart radio app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.2 | Just a few miles off the Thailand coast, |
| 0:33.1 | the island of Kotao looks like a postcard. |
| 0:37.3 | I'd underneath the surface lies something sinister. |
| 0:41.3 | In the last 20 years, dozens of tourists have died mysteriously on the island. |
| 0:46.4 | A dark cloud who's come over the island. |
| 0:49.6 | Death, mystery, and danger. |
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| 1:27.7 | This is a straight-up predator and she just keeps getting away with it. |
| 1:31.3 | This person is the danger. |
| 1:32.9 | Listen to Queen of the Khan, season three on the iHeart radio app, |
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