State Central Navy Testing Range
The State Central Navy Testing Range (Template:Lang-ru) at Nyonoksa is the main rocket launching site of the Soviet Navy and later the Russian Navy. The site is located east from in the settlement of Sopka 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the of Nyonoksa.
It was established in 1954.[1]
Since 1965 numerous rockets of the types R-27, R-29, Rif and Gnom were launched from Nyonoksa.
On 15 December 2015, an accident during a missile launch test resulted in a block of flats in the village being hit by part of a rocket.[2]
On 8 August 2019 an explosion caused the Nyonoksa radiation accident with several scientists being killed.[3] The incident might be linked to the development of the nuclear-powered cruise missile 9M730 Burevestnik.[4]
References
- ^ Isachenkov, Vladimir (14 August 2019). "Mysterious missile explosion, radiation spike in Russia raises questions". Star-Advertiser. Honolulu. Associated Press. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Russian cruise missile hits flats". December 15, 2015 – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ Andrew E. Kramer (10 August 2019). "Russia Confirms Radioactive Materials Were Involved in Deadly Blast". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Russian nuclear engineers buried after 'Skyfall nuclear' blast". Al Jazeera. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.