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Yes it is clear that Russia wants peace. What other nation is developing better missiles to destroy the world and attack America. None.... they are having a arms race with themselves. What better time to invite their leader to a State that Russia says is rightfully theirs.
Russian weapons designers hope to spark fear in the West by developing the Burevestnik, a nuclear warhead armed missile with nuclear propulsion giving it intercontinental range.
A public worry is radioactive emissions to the atmosphere or marine environment during testing. Such a test is just around the corner.
A NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) warning issued via Russia's aviation authorities goes active at 9 pm UTC on Thursday and is valid until Tuesday evening next week.
Preparations have been underway for weeks at the Pankovo launch site on Novaya Zemlya in the Russian Arctic. The archipelago has been Rosatom’s playground for testing nuclear weapons and related technology since the late 1950s and is closed off for civilians.
As very little information is made available by officials, studying what happens at Novaya Zemlya is a puzzle with many pieces of open source information.
This is what we know:
Russian weapons designers hope to spark fear in the West by developing the Burevestnik, a nuclear warhead armed missile with nuclear propulsion giving it intercontinental range.
A public worry is radioactive emissions to the atmosphere or marine environment during testing. Such a test is just around the corner.
A NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) warning issued via Russia's aviation authorities goes active at 9 pm UTC on Thursday and is valid until Tuesday evening next week.
Preparations have been underway for weeks at the Pankovo launch site on Novaya Zemlya in the Russian Arctic. The archipelago has been Rosatom’s playground for testing nuclear weapons and related technology since the late 1950s and is closed off for civilians.
As very little information is made available by officials, studying what happens at Novaya Zemlya is a puzzle with many pieces of open source information.
This is what we know:
- At least four vessels are in position along the coast of Novaya Zemlya.
- A NOTAM warning for an area of about 40,000 km2 is being activated.
- Two Rosatom aircraft are currently based at Rogachevo air base.
- A US Air Force “nuke sniffer” aircraft has flown north.