Went on record with @JonathanLanday about our suspicion that something went wrong during or after a Russian test of its nuclear powered cruise missile (9M730 Burevestnik, NATO name: SSC-X-9 Skyfall). Three pieces of evidence underpin our suspicion.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-blast-usa/u-s-based-experts-suspect-russia-blast-involved-nuclear-powered-missile-idUSKCN1UZ2H5 …
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Second, we can see the Serebryanka, a nuclear fuel carrier, sitting off the coast inside the exclusion zone. (It is visible in satellite images and its AIS transponder is turned on.) This vessel was previously used last summer in an effort to recover a crashed SSC-X-9.pic.twitter.com/QnDsEFs6dR
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Third, ROSATOM, the Russian state atomic energy corporation, has now admitted that five of its employees were killed while providing "engineering and technical support of isotopic power sources in a liquid propulsion system." https://www.rosatom.ru/journalist/news/zayavlenie-departamenta-kommunikatsiy-goskorporatsii-rosatom/ …
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I am pretty proud of our open source team for putting all this together. The people who have lent a hand include:
@sbidgood @annemp13@Jessica_Varnum@grace_c_liu@DuitsyWasHere@Shea_Cotton@DaveSchmerler@cmrntrainer@atomic_pickles@theMichelotti and@grace_c_liu Follow them!Show this thread
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Just curious: what is the purpose of building a shelter on rails?
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So either the launching pad, or the entire artifice can be moved with minimal effort. It's useful for when you want to test a device while keeping it stationary, this way it doesn't have to be perpetually exposed to the elements.
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Keep it up Jeffrey - we need to get this war on - (UFSH)pic.twitter.com/3GRPfiKMtg
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