In the construction of Russian warships, a fire hazardous alloy is still used, which was going to be banned two decades ago after the tragic death of the small missile ship "Monsoon". 39 sailors were burned to death in a fire caused by an accidental missile hit during a shooting practice. Some data from the official investigation of those events are still classified as "Secret"
Over the past two decades, many of the infamous secrets of the eighties have come to light. But at the mention of this tragedy, naval officials still shyly avert their eyes. By chance, I was the first to write about her. And in hot pursuit. The article was published by the newspaper of the Pacific Fleet "Boevaya Vakhta" in May 1987. The editor, however, never wanted (and did not dare then) to publish the true background of the incident. We got out of the situation in a tried and tested military journalistic way: they veiled the events "under a military background": as if everything had happened during the Great Patriotic War. (This is how military newspapers often did in the 1980s, covering the actions of the Soviet contingent in Afghanistan.)
