Rosatom may test reactor-powered missile over the next few days

[iguanaman]

We don't?

Lol

Not on earth we don't. What planet are you on?

 

[Luce]

The Russian occupied areas of Ukraine are devoid of military age men who were conscripted and killed in meat waves fighting their own people. 20,000 children have been abducted and sent to Russian orphanages to be auctioned off online. And now the water has been cut off in what is left of their cities. Ide say that qualifies as enslavement or worse. Now Trump wants Ukraine to turn over millions more to that treatment. Ukraine will destroy Moscow with dirty bombs before they submit to that. Be careful what you wish for.

I'm okay with that.

 

[iguanaman]

I'm okay with that.

I believe they already are working on dirty bombs for an apocalyptic endgame if it comes to that. They will not go quietly that is for sure. If it does happen Trump will be to blame too.

 

[Luce]

I believe they already are working on dirty bombs for an apocalyptic endgame if it comes to that. They will not go quietly that is for sure.

They also need to hit Saint Petersburg.

Irradiate those two cities, there's nothing left of Russia except outhouses.

 

[Tigerace117]

The Russian occupied areas of Ukraine are devoid of military age men who were conscripted and killed in meat waves fighting their own people. 20,000 children have been abducted and sent to Russian orphanages to be auctioned off online. And now the water has been cut off in what is left of their cities. Ide say that qualifies as enslavement or worse. Now Trump wants Ukraine to turn over millions more to that treatment. Ukraine will destroy Moscow with dirty bombs before they submit to that. Be careful what you wish for.

Uh….no, they won’t, because the Ukrainians are not suicidal, can’t actually carry out such dirty bomb attacks to begin with, and know that such a plan would be a terrible idea, on top of destroying whatever sympathy the wider globe might feel for them.

 

[bythoughts]

Burevestnik is almost surely a reference to this poem. Whatever else, a lovely poem - fingers to its seams, please.

Up above the sea's grey flatland, wind is gathering the clouds. In between the sea and clouds proudly soaring the Petrel, reminiscent of black lightning.

Glancing a wave with his wingtip, like an arrow dashing cloudward, he cries out and the clouds hear his joy in the bird's cry of courage.

In this cry — thirst for the tempest! Wrathful power, flame of passion, certainty of being victorious the clouds hear in that bird's cry.

Seagulls groan before the tempest, — groan, and race above the sea, and on its bottom they are ready to hide their fear of the storm.

And the loons are also groaning, — they, the loons, they cannot access the delight of life in battle: the noise of the clashes scares them.

The dumb penguin shyly hiding his fat body in the crevice . . . It is only the proud Petrel who soars ever bold and freely over the sea grey with sea foam!

Ever darker, clouds descending ever lower over the sea, and the waves are singing, racing to the sky to meet the thunder.

Thunder sounds. In foamy anger the waves groan, with wind in conflict. Now the wind firmly embraces flocks of waves and sends them crashing on the cliffs in wild fury, smashing into dust and seaspray all these mountains of emerald.

And the Petrel soars with warcries, reminiscent of black lightning, like an arrow piercing the clouds, with his wing rips foam from the waves.

So he dashes, like a demon, —proud, black demon of the tempest, — and he's laughing and he's weeping . . . it is at the clouds he's laughing, it is with his joy he's weeping!

In the fury of the thunder, the wise demon hears its weakness, and he's certain that the clouds will not hide the sun — won't hide it!

The wind howls . . . the thunder rolls . . .

Like a blue flame, flocks of clouds blaze up above the sea's abyss. The sea catches bolts of lightning drowning them beneath its waters. Just like serpents made of fire, they weave in the water, fading, the reflections of this lightning.

—Tempest! Soon will strike the tempest!

That is the courageous Petrel proudly soaring in the lightning over the sea's roar of fury; cries of victory the prophet:

—Let the tempest come strike harder!

 

[Tigerace117]

Wow, so even those "worse leaders" managed to be good enough to maintain good relations with the West. Putin has really outdone himself as a master of diplomacy!

Yeah, who knew that the people actively backing the corrupt or outright genocidal tyrants I just mentioned would have “good relations with them”

There’s no “diplomacy” involved there.

 

[Roadvirus]

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:

• 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.

https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/...powered-missile-over-the-next-few-days/434546

I read about something similar to this.

It's been a while, but i think it was about the U.S. space program and nuclear-powered rockets. It was scrapped as an idea mostly on fears of accidents during launches causing a mess but also because of the fears that even successful launches could be dangerous for the environment.

Edited: Just looked it up: Either "Project Rover" or NERVA. It was mentioned in an Uncle John's Bathroom Reader.

 

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Rosatom may test reactor-powered missile over the next few days

LOL!

A ridiculous missile for a ridiculous country.