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Russian nuclear battle cruiser "could explode": top navy official
MOSCOW (AFP) Mar 23, 2004
 Russia's nuclear battle cruiser Peter the Great has been rushed back to port because it "could explode at any moment," the head of Russia's fleet said Tuesday.

"The ship is in such a state that it could explode at any moment," Vladimir Kuroyedov told reporters in Moscow.

Kuroyedov ordered the measure after a tour of the ship on Wednesday last week during naval exercises in the Barents Sea, the Interfax news agency quoted him as saying.

Kuroyedov did not specify to which port the cruiser was taken.

It is normally based near te northern port of Murmansk.

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