Russian Nuclear Monitoring Stations Went Silent After Missile Blast

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Rick Wilson Retweeted

Two Russian monitoring stations designed to detect nuclear radiation stopped transmitting data two days after the explosion at a missile test site. In response to inquiries, Russian officials claimed they were experiencing “communication & network issues.”

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[diva77]

1. K&R for exposure.

[sdfernando]

3. Interesting turn of a phrase

"for exposure" I'm sure, in more ways than one.

[malaise]

2. This needs to be seen

Get thee to the greatest page

[uponit7771]

4. Another Chernobyl

[hunter]

5. The worst sort of nuclear powered cruise missile mishap wouldn't reach Chernobyl levels of fallout.

If this whole thing isn't just some kind of Russian trolling, then their engineers are now busy recovering one or more very expensive chunks of plutonium or uranium-235 from the ocean floor.

Maybe they already have.

These wouldn't be the first nuclear horrors lost or deliberately dumped in Davy Jone's locker.

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[roamer65]

6. Sounds like a full blown fission explosion.

Wonder how many kilotons it was.

[PandoraAwakened]

7. "Communication & network issues"

Okay, Putin, whatever you say. Mm-hmm, sure.