Russian military facility explosion Cruising missile experiment using nuclear power? US expert August 12 1:30
An American expert familiar with nuclear issues pointed out that an explosion at a Russian military facility on the 8th of this month may have occurred in a cruise missile experiment powered by nuclear power. Although the temporary radiation dose rose near the facility after the explosion, the Russian government has not disclosed the specific details.
Regarding the explosion that occurred on the 8th at the army facility in the Arkhangelsk region in northwestern Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry originally announced that an explosion occurred during the test of the propulsion device, but two days later. On the 10th, the state-owned nuclear power company “Ros Atom” announced that “it happened during the work related to the power source using the radioisotope” and that five people died in the explosion caused by the experiment using the radioactive material. Was revealed.
The American expert Jeffrey Lewis, who is familiar with the nuclear issue, said that the nuclear fuel carrier was in the surrounding waters at the time, and that the latest analysis using nuclear power as the source of power was based on the analysis of satellite photographs. On Tuesday, Twitter pointed out that an explosion may have occurred in a cruise missile “Brebestnik” experiment.
In Severodbinsk, close to the military facility where the explosion occurred, the radiation dose increased temporarily after the explosion, and some sea areas around the facility were banned for one month. The contents are not clarified.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin clarified his commitment to developing the latest weapons, including explaining the latest cruise missiles powered by nuclear power in March last year.
President Putin mentions next-generation weapons in speech last year
In his annual textbook speech last March, President Putin introduced the next generation of weapons such as the latest missiles and unmanned nuclear submarines.
Among these, cruise missiles powered by nuclear power are equipped with nuclear warheads and are characterized by an extremely long range, and the range of missiles is dozens of times that of the US military cruise missile “Tomahawk”.
Furthermore, because it flies in the low sky, it was difficult to catch with radar, and it was shown that “it is impossible to shoot down with any missile defense system”, and the United States, where relations deteriorated, was conquered.