jan 1, 2019 - Radiation release during explosion and fire at Russian nuclear missile test site

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Five military and civilian specialists were killed and three (or six, depending on the source) were injured. The accident occurred at the State Central Navy Testing Range (Russian: «Государственный центральный морской полигон») which is the main rocket launching site of the Russian Navy and is also called Nyonoksa. According to the version presented by Russian officials, it was a result of a failed test of an "isotope power source for a liquid-fuelled rocket engine".Nonproliferation expert Jeffrey Lewis and Federation of American Scientists fellow Ankit Panda suspect the incident resulted from a Burevestnik cruise missile test.

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