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According to CNBC, the Russians were trying to recover a missile from the seabed which was lost during a previously failed test. No NOTAMs were filed prior to the explosion to warn pilots of a possible missile test. In the past, the residents of Nyonoksa had been warned and evacuated prior to the missile tests.
Aug 23, 2019 · Although only the Russians know what caused the explosion, some US intelligence officials and arms control experts believe the Russians were testing an engine for a nuclear-powered cruise missile. A review of varying public statements and news accounts since the accident suggests that the full Nenoksa story has yet to be told.
Aug 15, 2019 · The Russian pro-government daily Izvestiya on August 15 cited an unidentified military source as saying that the Nyonoksa occurred during the testing of a new accelerator -- a liquid-propellant...
Aug 28, 2019 · On Thursday, August 8th, the Russian Defense Ministry reports an explosion at the Nyonoksa missile test site along Russia’s Arctic coast in the Arkhangelsk region. The ministry releases a statement saying “there was an explosion and fire during a test of a liquid propellant jet engine,” adding that two had died.
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Aug 10, 2019 · August 10, 2019 5:31 PM. By Mike Eckel - RFE/RL. The military base in the small town of Nyonoksa, pictured in 2011. There are reports of panic buying of iodine drops in Severodvinsk. Emergency...
Aug 30, 2019 · Documents, photographs, satellite imagery, and other open-source materials reviewed by RFE/RL point strongly to an accident -- most likely underwater, or just near the surface -- as the cause of...
Aug 9, 2019 · The explosion is the second mishap to occur at the Nyonoksa test site in recent years. In 2015, a test of a cruise missile went awry, sending the weapons flying into an apartment building....
