Yeah; I've heard the K129 was on its way to nuke Hawaii (sometimes the theory is that they were trying to trigger a war between the US and China) and got sunk so we "gave up" the Scorpion.
My favorite Kursk conspiracy theory is that an LA class rammed her, sank her, and snuck off. Of course this all ignores the fact that an LA class is, compared to a double-hulled boomer like the Kursk, as thin and flimsy as a beercan and would itself have been destroyed in the process (point this out to the Russian conspiracy theorists and they usually come back with "US captain knew just right where to hit big Kursk to do most damage" or "Little tap yes but disturbed SKVALL torpedo launch to cause big explosion").
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