Я имел в виду не эту статью. Но информация про запрос где-то мне попадалась. А в этой статье обратите внимание на следующую строчку:
This was immediatly followed by an announcement from the Pentagon that one of the two submarines which had been spying on the Kursk was late in establishing radio contact. A few days later, the Pentagon reported that the submarine had finally checked in...
