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2019 Nyonoksa Explosion
The Nyonoksa radiation accident, Arkhangelsk explosion or Nyonoksa explosion () occurred on 8 August 2019 near Nyonoksa, a village under the administrative jurisdiction of Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Federation. Five military and civilian specialists were killed and three (or six, depending on the source) were injured. Background Between November 2017 and 26 February 2018, Russia conducted four tests of the 9M730 Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, launched from other test sites. According to the United States intelligence community, only the flight test in November 2017 from Pankovo test site was moderately successful with all of the others ending in failure. According to Russia, none of the tests ended in failure. During recovery efforts later in 2018, Russia used three ships, one capable of handling radioactive material from the weapon nuclear core, to bring the missile tested in November 2017 from the seabed of Barents Sea back to the surface. Based on s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Central Navy Testing Range
The State Central Navy Testing Range (, ''Gosudarstvennyj central'nyj morskoj poligon'') 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 north of the Nyonoksa. History The naval missile range was established in 1954 and is also known as military unit 09703. Since 1965, numerous rockets of the types R-27, R-29, R-39 Rif, and R-39M were launched from Nyonoksa. Accidents 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. On 8 August 2019, an explosion caused the Nyonoksa radiation accident with several scientists being killed. The incident might be linked to the development of the nuclear-powered cruise missile 9M730 Burevestnik, also known by its NATO reporting name NATO uses a system of code names, called reporting names, to denote military aircraft and other equipment used by post-Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star-Advertiser
The ''Honolulu Star-Advertiser'' is the largest daily newspaper in Hawaii, formed in 2010 with the merger of ''The Honolulu Advertiser'' and the ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'' after the acquisition of the former by Black Press, which already owned the latter. History On February 25, 2010, Canadian publisher Black Press Ltd., which owned the ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'', purchased ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', then owned by Gannett Corporation for $125 million. As part of the deal to acquire the ''Advertiser'', Black Press agreed to place the ''Star-Bulletin'' on the selling block. If no buyer came forward by March 29, 2010, Black Press would start making preparations to operate both papers through a transitional management team and then combine the two dailies into one. On March 30, 2010, three parties came forward with offers to buy the ''Star-Bulletin'', but a month later on April 27, 2010, the bids were rejected because their bids for the ''Star-Bulletin'' were below the minimum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bardufoss
or is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and commercial centre in Målselv Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The urban area was formally established as a town under Norwegian law in 2021 when the three villages of Andselv, Andslimoen, and Heggelia were merged together to form the new town of Bardufoss. The three neighboring villages are now considered as boroughs or neighborhoods within the larger town. Bardufoss is located in the Målselvdalen valley near the confluence of the Barduelva and Målselva rivers. It is located about north of the Narvik (town), town of Narvik and about south of the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Bardufoss Airport is located here. The town has a population (2023) of 2,752 and a population density of . Military Bardufoss has a civilian and military airport, Bardufoss Air Station, suitable for landing bomber aircraft, fighter jets such as F-16s, and other heavy planes. Bardufoss was also the home of the Norwegian 6th Division, Norwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
