MOSCOW (AP) _ Some details on the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk which was trapped Monday on the floor of the Barents Sea after unspecified malfunctions.
Weight: 13,900 tons.
Length: 500 feet.
Engines: Two nuclear reactors.
Speed: 28 knots dived, 15 knots surfaced.
Crew: 107, including 48 officers.
Weapons: Up to 24 Chelomey SS-N-19 missiles with nuclear or conventional warheads. Torpedoes or anti-submarine Novator missiles with conventional or nuclear warheads.
Diving depth: 980 feet.
Launched: May 1994, commissioned for service January 1995.
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