The Briefing Room
General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on August 08, 2019, 03:29:24 pm
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'Brief Radiation Spike' Reported After Deadly Rocket-Engine Blast In Russia
Russia's Defense Ministry says two people were killed and six injured in an explosion and fire at a military unit in Russia's northwestern Arkhangelsk region.
The ministry said a fire broke out after a reaction engine exploded on August 8 "when testing a liquid propulsion system."
Regional authorities said that the explosion and fire took place near the town of Nyonoksa, where a navy ballistic missile test range for nuclear submarines is located.
Read more at: https://www.rferl.org/a/blast-fire-russia-military-depot-arkhangelsk/30099661.html (https://www.rferl.org/a/blast-fire-russia-military-depot-arkhangelsk/30099661.html)
Another accident.