Widows of the scientists killed after a secretive missile engine test went awry in the Arkhangelsk region in August, were invited to the Kremlin on Thursday. Putin handed them their husbands’ posthumous Orders of Courage and expressed his condolences.
“They were working on a very difficult, important and critical assignment,” Putin said in his eulogy to the late scientists, said to be some of the best specialists in the field.
We’re talking about the most advanced and cutting-edge technical ideas and solutions, unequaled anywhere in the world; the weapon that is entitled to ensure sovereignty, security of Russia for decades to come.
The possession of such technology by Russia is “the most important, reliable guarantee of peace on the planet. And, no matter what, we’ll certainly keep improving this weaponry,” the president promised.
A massive blast rocked an offshore platform at a secret military range in northern Arkhangelsk Region on August 8. The accident, which occurred during the testing of an “isotope power source” for the experimental “liquid-propellant [missile] engine,” took the lives of seven people. Five of them were employees of Russia’s nuclear agency, Rosatom, and two others were from the Defense Ministry.
ALSO ON RT.COM‘They were thrown into sea as it blew up’: Rosatom gives details of deadly experimental engine blastThe blast caused a brief radiation spike in the area, but the readings quickly went back to normal. However, that didn’t prevent the Western media from publishing panicking headlines of a new Chernobyl-like nuclear disaster.
US President Donald Trump tweeted that the explosion was related to Russia’s hypersonic cruise missile program, 9M730 Burevestnik (NATO codename SSC-X-9 Skyfall), but his speculations were never confirmed by Moscow.
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Kubrick got one thing right: Slim Pickens as the commander of that B-52. Guy was outstanding!
Slim walked in a was a keeper. Peter Sellers played three roles and stole the show. Kudos to Sterling Hayden and George C Scott. “Mr. President, We can’t allow a mine shaft gap!”
Scary stuff…
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