: The Kursk was done for two reasons: to bring on a new cold
: war, and to keep Iraq from developing a missile defense
: system. Iraqi scientists were on the Kursk.

: But there needed to be two incidents, not just one. The cold
: war must have three members this time not just two

: The US, Russia and China will be the players in the cold war
: troika.

Wednesday April 4 1:28 PM ET
Report: Sunken Russian Sub Had Atomic Weapons

OSLO (Reuters) - The Russian submarine Kursk had nuclear weapons aboard when it sank in Arctic waters last August despite Moscow's assurances it was only carrying conventional arms, the Norwegian independent station TV2 said on Wednesday.

TV2 quoted Grigorij Tomtsjin, identified as a member of a Russian commission investigating the accident aboard the atomic-powered submarine, as saying the Kursk had been carrying atomic weapons.

It also said that the information had been confirmed by Norwegian sources. All the crew of the Kursk died in the accident.

However Norwegian Foreign Ministry spokesman Karsten Klepsvik told Norway's NTB news agency: ``The Russians have several times, including in a note dated August 15, denied that there are nuclear weapons aboard the Kursk.''

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