Russia to lease nuclear submarine to India

Russia will lease one of its newest nuclear-powered submarines to India in the second half of this year, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a Russian Defence Ministry official as saying on Tuesday. The submarine to be leased is the Nerpa, which had accident in the Sea of Japan in November 2008 in which 20 people were killed. The Russian military had previously denied media reports that the submarine was to be leased to India.

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I would not want to be on the crew of a submarine in which 20 people lost their lives in an accident !!! Call me superstitious, but I think that Akula II is an unlucky ship.