Kursk MHD torpedo submarine

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**JP PETIT ** homepage: www.jp-petit.com/Koursk/Koursk1.htm France, September 26 th

Dear Sir,

I am a French scientist, astrophysicist. I am 66. I belong to the French CNRS (but retired in April 2003). My e-mail is sciencejp-petit.com. Many years ago I worked on MHD power plants (magnetohydrodynamics). I knew personally E. Velikhov, who became the collaborator of Putin for military affairs (...). I still have an old good friend in Moscow, Professor Golubev, who works in a laser laboratory (but perhaps he is also retired). I tell you that to convince you that I am not a joker. I know all the truth about the Kursk "accident". I have two sources.

• A French journalist, Michel C., who tried to make a TV document about the affair. He got many informations.
• I had a contact with French secret service who were in contact with "Russian anti-Putin secret service"

If you want to put these on your website immediately, you can do it.

Title : THE TRUTH ABOUT THE KURSK

Author : Jean-Pierre Petit, France, Senior Researcher, specialist in Magnetohydrodynamics (MGD in Russian).

Two years ago a French Journalist, Michel C., visited me. He wanted to make a TV document about the Kursk. He knew my knowledge and experience about deep skin-diving. He showed me some documents. From the original version a torpedo would have exploded in the front room of the submarine. But there were two explosions, the first being weaker. The explanation will be given.

The Barents sea is not so deep. The Kursk sank on a moderate depth. Considering its height the upper door of rescue chamber should be at 90 meters deep. Now, all submarines' crew men own their individual rescue suit. In Europe these suits are designed by the Beaufort Company, UK. They can be packed in small luggage. I can give colored pictures of such suits. The seaman can take place in it and inflate it, moderately. Then the officer who runs the evacuation operation increases the pressure in the rescue chamber and opens the door. The sea water fills it. Each member of the crew takes place just below the rescue door and fills the suit completely with air. Then Archimedes force acts. He climbs at 3 m/s. In the case of the Kursk: 30 seconds to reach the surface.

There, the man can inflate a small rubber boat, takes place in it and wait. This system can be operated up to 500 feet deep.

It is extremely surprising that no man used this system. It is impossible that such rescue systems were not on board. In addition the Kursk owned a sophisticated rescue system: two small submarines, able to welcome the whole crew and to ensure the rescue at 2000 feet deep. But these two submarines were docked in the turret, the cockpit of the ship. So that this rescue system could have been blocked by the explosion of the torpedo room. Anyway I cannot believe that the explosion could have blocked all the rescue doors.

After Michel C., the nuclear admiral Ship "Peter the First", after the drama did not come on the site of the wreck but moved away several miles.

The international press said that "Russians did not own specialized devices to pick the crew from the submarine". If the Kursk had sunk at 2000 feet deep it would be plausible, not at such moderate depth. There must be another explanation.

About the cause of the wreck the press talked immediately after of "a collision with another submarine". We knew that a western submarine was docked in Norway to be repaired.

Some other informations from Michel C.

• The diameter of the tubes for torpedoes was enlarged before the maneuvers in the Barents sea. These tubes were designed to fire a new torpedo called "la Grosse" (in French). In English "The Big" or "The Fat".

• A riot took place in the Kursk. Some members of the crew were killed. The officer who kept the guns was found, after Kursk rescue, dead with a bullet in his head.

• Three men were in the KURSK: a Chinese, and two Arabians.

• A paper was found in the pocket of a Kursk seaman. He wrote (in obscurity, he said): "We are in the rescue chamber. Two officers try to handle the door. They said they know the system very well. But it seems to be locked."

Now we have to cross two new stories. In January 2001 I went to a scientific meeting in Brighton, England. There I met a specialist of MHD, in charge of special projects for NASA. He said he worked 20 years ago on a high velocity MHD torpedo. I was surprised for I thought that MHD was abandoned over all the world at the beginning of the seventies. But he said that military MHD continued in US and USSR in secrecy, with considerable effort.

The technical data are the following. Since 30 years American and Russian have rocket propelled torpedoes. The Russian model is the "Sqwal" and the American one is called "Supercav". The drag in water is much more important than if air, gases. The Sqwal and the Supercav blow hot gas, provided by a secondary rocket. This gas is injected in the water just in front. The heat of this gas transforms sea water into vapor. Then the torpedo can move in such a bubble of vapor at higher velocities, up to 1500 knots.

MHD torpedoes work differently. They are also propelled by solid propellant rocket. On the "divergent" of this rocket a MHD generator transforms the kinetic energy of the gas into electricity. The system uses a wall MHD converter. I can give the complete design of the torpedo, if desired.

This electricity is sent to the linear electrodes of a MHD wall accelerator which sucks the water very strongly. Then the friction drag is cancelled. The Velocity of the torpedo was, in 1980, after the American specialist I met: about 6000 knots.

In 2002 I put some information about Kursk on my website. Then I was immediately contacted by a man working for the French DGSE. We wanted more informations about this MHD torpedo. We met in Paris and "exchanged informations".

The guy of the DGSE said he had his informations from a part of the KGB who was against Putin. He confirmed that a Chinese and two Arabians was on board. He said they were brought on board by helicopter and that the Chinese was a general. If he confirmed the presence of the two Arabians he said he did not know more about them. The Russian, after him, had planned to show their Russian MHD torpedo in action, in order to sell it to Chinese.

These high velocity torpedoes are very important for strategic purpose for one can use these to destroy the enemy's nuclear submarine before they could launch their missiles. Without such torpedoes nobody can start a nuclear attack.

After this man the diameter of the torpedo was 1 meter. But the American Secret Service knew all that. Then a western submarine approached the Kursk and ordered it by sonar to break surface and give them the Chinese VIP. The Russian did not answer. As a conclusion the decision to sink the Kursk was taken.

Many submarines have been sunk since 1960 through "collisions". The attacking submarine does not fire a torpedo. It gets in close contact with its target and fires a shell, which punches the submarine's hull. That was the first noise. Then the attacking submarine can escape. Few time after (the second noise) the weapon explodes inside the submarine which sinks immediately.

But the torpedo room was only destroyed which made possible to explain the "accident" in terms of an accidental explosion of a torpedo.

The Russians did not want people to know what was going on aboard the Kursk, before the "accident". After the man from French secret services a sonar order was sent by the Admiral ship "Peter the First", which locked all doors of the submarine. A similar order cancelled all possibilities for communication with surface.

The Admiral ship said to all ships located around:

• The first which approaches the Kursk, we sink it!

Then the Russians tried to pick their VIP from aboard. A Russian specialized ship approached the Kursk with two small submarines aboard. One was put at sea and reached the wreck. Only 8 men could take place aboard. The idea was to pick the VIP. But the crew of the Kursk did not believe they would come back to save them. A riot occurred. Men were killed. The small submarine went back to his mother ship and took place aboard.

Then Putin decided to let the Kursk's crew to die. Secret affair.

Later the wreck was recovered, not to get the corpses but to hide this story. The torpedo chamber, with its 1 m large tubes was destroyed in depth. The MHD torpedoes were recovered. Many devices were recovered, including the propellers and the precious Granit supersonic missiles. The man of DGSE said that the Kursk was equipped by very secret weapons used to destroy attacking torpedoes at distance.

I hope you will publish that. Truth must be known.

J.P. Petit

26.09.2003, 00:36

**Winni ** It is very sad that we will never know the truth about this catastrophe... many souls have lost their lives, and I grieve with their families... The silence that surrounds this affair may have prevented a terrible war... Politics is sometimes so cruel and inhumane... I hope only that most did not suffer long... We can no longer change anything, but we must not forget... 10.09.2003, 05:30

**Francesco Distefano ** Dear and unforgettable wonderful REBJATA KURSKA, every day I think how cruel destiny was to you, and every day I feel that I love you, I miss you... and that the whole Russia loves you. Who writes pornographic things on this page is an infamous pig... he insults your memory and kills you once again. He who insults Russia has no right to call himself Russian. Zero tolerance for these people. Francesco 13.08.2003, 02:12

**John Curlewis ** On the 3rd anniversary of this tragic event - my heart goes out to all the submariners who lost their lives and their families left to grief. May God bless you all and may you rest in peace. 13.08.2003, 00:49

**Colin ** Even to this day in England, if I hear the name Kursk mentioned I remember those crew that perished within the submarine ... you will always be remembered. 19.06.2003, 04:49

**Peter ** Please know that many of us pray for the men who died aboard the Kursk. We feel for and pray for the survivors, the children and wives who suffer still. Let us know what more might be done? 28.03.2003, 07:04

Rick USA California It's a shame our governments cover up tragedies such as these to hide their mistakes. My condolences to the families of those soldiers who did nothing but serve their country.

R. 26.02.2003, 12:05

**Wendy ** Very tragic and may the family members of the lost men of the Kursk somehow find peace. I prayed when I heard the news and it is indeed one of the saddest events that I have ever heard of. 03.02.2003, 09:34

Dan I have been troubled by the tragedy ever since it occurred and the way in which Russia's "leader" handled the situation. May those brave soldiers rest in peace. 01.02.2003, 07:17

**Muzaffar ** Nonsense, heroes, I sing a song. Glory to our heroes! 26.01.2003, 11:22

**Dave ** Sadness still fills my heart when I hear the word Kursk, RIP. Dave, NE England 11.01.2003, 23:11

Rirkinhot I just wanted to join you in praying for the deceased heroes and to sympathize with the families. This terrible event has deeply affected me despite the distance that separates me from them, since I am French. I sincerely hope that the families will be able to benefit from a trial to clarify this dark affair and finally be able to mourn their loved ones. This tragedy must serve as a lesson so that never again such things happen... There is already enough suffering in this world, so we must avoid this kind of "human" catastrophe. Once again, my deepest condolences to the families and may these men rest in peace. 18.12.2002, 12:36

**Mike ** My deepest sympathy to the members of the Kursk and their family members! R.I.P. 13.12.2002, 22:14

Jagna I'll always remember. 21.11.2002, 02:40

Marielle It has been several months now... but I keep thinking about all of you who have lost loved ones and I join you in your sorrow. 28.10.2002, 02:01

**Barrie ** I have just seen a special program on the Kursk Tragedy televised on Sky Digital through the History Channel, and my sincere condolences go out to the Family and Friends, I am so surprised that your country can spend lots of Dollars on weapons of war, but plead poverty when it comes to paying their Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen realistic wages for the dangerous jobs that they do. Once again I am really sorry for your losses. Peace and Love. Barrie in the United Kingdom. August 2002. 13.08.2002, 12:52

**Jim Caldo ** There are no national boundaries, only the boundaries of humanity. We offer our prayers to those who gave their lives for the good of their country and those left behind. May God be with you. 27.07.2002, 00:19

**Giuseppe Leppi ** My condolences to the Families. God Bless You. 26.07.2002, 19:43

Luca A prayer for the dead and their families. 26.07.2002, 17:39

**boris ** Glory to Russian sailors - heroes. 22.07.2002, 04:06

**chistian ** For all time the grave of the sailors will always be the bottom of the sea. 16.06.2002, 03:13

**Lt. H. J. Halterman ** SUBMERGED:

In the wet, A place where lost sailors sleep And I will not forget their names, nor what it took For them to keep their minds In times too much like war, When hunters gently crept toward prey, Unknowing of the depth until torpedo-swift surprise Brought certain murdered knowledge to their eyes And final drowning thoughts of sea. As equally unknowing, we Might know the contents of the fear Of others, hunters on the way Who swim along with us like sharks, so grey; But as for now and until then

I crew with those who hunt for men.

13.06.2002, 05:08

**RAY PONTING ** Tears wept for fellow submariners... 30.05.2002, 23:59

**Isabella ** In memory of those who have gone... because the memory will remain alive forever... 14.05.2002, 13:19

chanut frederic it's with some delay but with a heavy heart thinking back to this tragic event that I sympathize with your sorrow and that of the families, may God protect you frederic 15.04.2002, 02:43

Laurent In the face of the Kursk tragedy, words are weak, and I join the pain of the families and all Great Russia in front of this terrible tragedy. Peace to their souls... 28.03.2002, 21:57

A Seidel My condolences to all who lost family members, friends, or comrades on the Kursk. We ourselves once almost lost a submarine in a collision with an English frigate; it's a very dangerous profession. I respect all who perform it. 22.01.2002, 22:02

A girl from Sverige "You don't know how much you love something until it's gone..." The event that happened to the Kursk and its crew stuck in my heart. Great memory site you have here! 4.01.2002, 22:23

**Alexandar Keppler ** My favorite author once said, "This is to the families, friends, and loved ones of submariners, who return that love, as well as their love of God and their country, by going down into the sea in steel boats"-Tom Clancy. God Bless you, Spasibo. 15.11.2001, 06:45

Eugene If someone can send me an e-mail address where I can find photos of the village of Vidaevo. Thank you in advance.

Eugene If someone can send me an e-mail address where I can find photos of the village of Vidaevo. Thank you in advance.

F. Soublette I am writing to you from the other side of the world, hoping for relief for the families of sailors. I write to you from the other side of the world, Chile in South America, wishing courage to the families who have lost their fathers, brothers, and sons in this tragedy. Health and wind to a long, which is the naval greeting in Chile. 25.10.2001, 22:22

T.Bucher My respect to the crew and the families. 23.10.2001, 16:12

I could only reproduce the texts that were in Latin characters. All the Cyrillic characters were lost, obviously.

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