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The Russian Nuclear Submarine Accident

The Russian Nuclear Submarine Accident
A retired B-413 Soviet submarine docked next to the naval museum in Kaliningrad, Russia, on June 20, 2018. Ozan Kose/AFP/File Photo via Getty Images
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Fourteen Russian sailors, most of whom were senior officers, died of smoke inhalation on July 1 as they worked to stop the flames from spreading through their vessel in the Barents Sea.

Ronald J. Rychlak
Ronald J. Rychlak
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Ronald J. Rychlak is the Jamie L. Whitten chair in law and government at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of several books, including “Hitler, the War, and the Pope,” “Disinformation” (co-authored with Ion Mihai Pacepa), and “The Persecution and Genocide of Christians in the Middle East” (co-edited with Jane Adolphe).
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