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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
- 5
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.
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Aug 13, 2019 · Rosgidromet adds further evidence to reports that test at Nyonoksa range on White Sea released not only toxic missile fuel but also unspecified radioactive material
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.
Nov 22, 2019 · There was much speculation about what caused the blast at a test facility in Nyonoksa in the Arkhangelsk region on August 8, which killed at least five people and sparked local fears about ...
Aug 27, 2019 · Nyonoksa. On August 26, Russia’s state weather agency, Rosgidromet, said that in the hours and days after the explosion, a cloud of inert radioactive gases formed as a result of a decay of the ...
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 ...
