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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.
- 8 August 2019; 4 years ago
- Nuclear and radiation accident
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Aug 23, 2019 · Thursday, August 8: An explosion occurs near the Nenoksa missile test site, along Russia’s arctic coast. Russia’s defense ministry issues a statement saying that “there was an explosion and fire during a test of a liquid propellant jet engine.” The statement also says that two people had died and four others were injured.
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Aug 10, 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.
Aug 30, 2019 · Another piece of evidence that suggests the August 8 blast was not the result of a missile test was the absence of an aviation warning from Russian authorities in the vicinity of Nyonoksa.
Aug 13, 2019 · Russia's weather-monitoring agency has reported a measurable jump in radiation levels near the Arkhangelsk naval test site where an explosion and fire last week killed at least five people. The ...
Aug 13, 2019 · An official with Severodvinsk, a shipbuilding port not far from the Nyonoksa test range, said that residents of the village of Nyonoksa would be evacuated for a two-hour window on August 14 in ...
Oct 12, 2019 · EckelM@rferl.org. FOLLOW Subscribe via RSS. A State Department official says the United States has concluded that a mysterious explosion that occurred at a Russian naval test range in the White ...
