"QinetiQ comprising the bulk of the former UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), has showcased a new submarine research and technology centre established at its Winfrith site in Dorset southern England. The centre's principal activities comprise: Whole submarine platform design and concept studies. Combat system modelling. Fully reelable sonar, towed array design. Towed system handling and discharge Submarine-launched unmanned underwater vehicles. Shallow water autonomous above water survey vehicles." Accession No.1148. Scott, R. 'Kursk: did collision trigger explosions?' Jane'Jane's Defence Weekly, vol. 34, issue 8, 23 August 2000, p. 4. "Uncertainty surrounds the cause of the sudden and massive damage which took the Russian 'Oscar II' nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine Kursk (K141) and its 118 crew to the bottom of the Barents Sea."