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The Severomorsk Disaster was a deadly series of munitions fires that resulted in the detonation and destruction of large amounts of munitions that lasted from May 13 to 17, 1984, within the Okolnaya naval munitions depot, near the Severomorsk Naval Base (headquarters of the revered Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy). The detonation occurred in the Northern Russian "closed" town of Severomorsk ((ロシア語:Северомо́рск)), over 900 miles (1,448.4 kilometers) from the Russian capital Moscow. Munitions had reportedly detonated after a fire started on May 13, which thus caused a massive chain of explosions on May 17, and resulted in the deaths of at least 200–300 people, and the destruction of at least 900 of the Northern Fleet's missiles and torpedos. Regardless, most of the dead were allegedly ordnance technicians "sent into the fire in a desperate but unsuccessful effort to defuse or disassemble munitions before they exploded", according to the ''New York Times''. ==Background== The town of Severomorsk has long had history with the armed forces of both the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, a history that dates to before the Second World War. It is a history in part signified by the presence of at least two Russian military airbases within 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) of the town, as well as a naval base and it's munitions depot (the Okolnaya naval munitions depot),〔 as well as serving as the main administrative base of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet.〔 At the time of the disaster, the Northern Fleet was believed to have an aircraft carrier, 148 cruisers, destroyers and other warships, and 190 of the navy's 371 submarines, of which two were apparently stationed at the munitions depot.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Severomorsk Disaster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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