US intelligence suggests Russia was fishing Putin's doomsday missile out of the sea when it mysteriously exploded
Ryan Pickrell Aug. 29, 2019, 3:07 PM
US intelligence suspects that a mysterious explosion at the Nyonoksa testing range earlier this month occurred during Russian efforts to recover a nuclear-powered cruise missile lost at sea during a previous test, CNBC reported on Thursday, citing two sources with direct knowledge of the latest assessment.
The August 8 blast killed at least five and triggered a slight radiation spike in nearby towns. Russian data on the incident suggested a nuclear reactor was involved, but Russia has not acknowledged that it was a nuclear accident.
"There was an explosion on one of the vessels involved in the recovery and that caused a reaction in the missile's nuclear core which led to the radiation leak," one source told CNBC.
Read more at: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-intel-says-russia-recovery-of-new-missile-caused-explosion-2019-8
Just passing this on, I'd think such a missile would have created more havoc.
