Uh Oh, Something Went Boom In Russia

[RandomGuy]

American intelligence officials are racing to understand a mysterious explosion that released radiation off the coast of northern Russia last week, apparently during the test of a new type of nuclear-propelled cruise missile hailed by President Vladimir V. Putin as the centerpiece of Moscow's arms race with the United States. [...]

United States intelligence officials have said they suspect the blast involved a prototype of what NATO calls the SSC-X-9 Skyfall. That is a cruise missile that Mr. Putin has boasted can reach any corner of the earth because it is partially powered by a small nuclear reactor, eliminating the usual distance limitations of conventionally fueled missiles.

As envisioned by Mr. Putin, who played animated video of the missile at a state-of-the-union speech in 2018, the Skyfall is part of a new class of weapons designed to evade American missile defenses.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/world/europe/russia-nuclear-accident-putin.html

A nuclear powerd hyper-sonic missile went s'plody.

[Thread]

Bend over & show him how much more flexibility you got now that the election if over, Guy.

[RandomGuy]

Russia Orders Evacuation of Village Near Site of Nuclear Accident
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/world/europe/russia-nuclear-explosion-accident.html

MOSCOW — The Russian authorities on Tuesday announced the evacuation of the village nearest to the site of a nuclear accident in northern Russia, suggesting dangers more grave than initially reported.

The still-mysterious episode last week killed seven people and released radiation, apparently when a small nuclear reactor malfunctioned during a test of a novel type of missile near a naval weapons testing site.

[Chris]

pity post

[Pavlov]

:lol Qhris can't find a way to pin this on the Hillary.

Someone said we're reliving the 80s. Doddering old actor president playing footsie with terrorists while Russia irradiates itself and China gets ready to massacre its own citizens.

Hard to argue.

[hater]

https://i.imgur.com/LnUChXD.jpg

[in2deep]

So what?

We parachuted young men into a mushroom cloud in New Mexico multiple times. Just for kicks too. Just to see what would happen

[boutons_deux]

‘Casually tweeting out national secrets’: Internet stunned as Trump tweets about previously unknown US nukes

In an apparent attempt to “one-up” and embarrass Russia many are wondering if President Donald Trump just tweeted out U.S. national nuclear secrets.

“The United States is learning much from the failed missile explosion in Russia,” Trump tweeted (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1161026203345723393), needlessly.

“We have similar, though more advanced, technology. :lol

The Russian ‘Skyfall’ explosion has people worried about the air around the facility, and far beyond. Not good!”

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/779718576731217920/Tow0LVfD_bigger.jpg (https://twitter.com/Fritschner)Aaron Fritschner@Fritschner
(https://twitter.com/Fritschner)
(https://twitter.com/Fritschner)Tweeting about the status of secret nuclear weapons research, as one does https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1161026203345723393 (https://t.co/wpZQ5rjRl4)

Some experts chastised the President, while appearing to try to assure the world Trump was basically bluffing.

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/819006958254641152/IfFG_HMs_bigger.jpg (https://twitter.com/dburbach)David Burbach@dburbach
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(https://twitter.com/dburbach)It is a bad idea for the President to tell the world the U.S. has secret nuclear powered super-weapons and that we've been lying about that for years. Especially if we don't actually have them, which we almost certainly do not. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1161026203345723393 … (https://t.co/pK0sNPRpeg)

Joe Cirincione
(https://twitter.com/Cirincione)✔@Cirincione
(https://twitter.com/Cirincione)
(https://twitter.com/Cirincione)This is bizarre. We do not have a nuclear-powered cruise missile program. We tried to build one, in the 1960's, but it was too crazy, too unworkable, too cruel even for those nuclear nuts Cold War years. https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/putins-nuclear-powered-cruise-missile-is-a-rehash-of-an-1823588286 … (https://t.co/DWMn07yO3Y)https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1161026203345723393 … (https://t.co/7Uqpx7B7Sk)


https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/676775150814027776/AVkDOJEL_bigger.jpg (https://twitter.com/Philip_Elliott)
Phil Elliott
(https://twitter.com/Philip_Elliott)✔@Philip_Elliott
(https://twitter.com/Philip_Elliott)
(https://twitter.com/Philip_Elliott)Did the President just confirm the existence of a missile system with mini-nuclear reactors aboard, eliminating distance limitations, and that can fly low and weave around anti-missile shields? https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1161026203345723393 … (https://t.co/Bg1bzBXRwG)


https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/985879277970194434/1nIQTyh0_bigger.jpg (https://twitter.com/Dan_McF)

Dan McFadden@Dan_McF
(https://twitter.com/Dan_McF)If news reports on nature of the Russian test are correct, then the President has just asserted that the US has nuclear-propelled cruise missiles.

Jonathan Landay
(https://twitter.com/JonathanLanday)✔@JonathanLanday
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(https://twitter.com/JonathanLanday)Huh? Is he saying the US has secretly developed a nuclear-powered cruise missile? Project Pluto was canceled in July 1964. At same time, he confirms story I published Friday on experts suspecting explosion of Skyfall. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-blast-usa/u-s-based-experts-suspect-russia-blast-involved-nuclear-powered-missile-idUSKCN1UZ2H5 … (https://t.co/Df8pHAS8Gm)https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1161026203345723393 … (https://t.co/SXp12oxq3I)

Real Talk 910@RealTalk910
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So, is the President of the United States lying/bluffing about our capabilities (we don't have missiles with tiny nuclear reactors) or just revealing our secret weapons to the world... Which is worse? https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1161026203345723393 … (https://t.co/LpO7bY1nlI)

✔@Cirincione
(https://twitter.com/Cirincione)
This is bizarre. We do not have a nuclear-powered cruise missile program. We tried to build one, in the 1960's, but it was too crazy, too unworkable, too cruel even for those nuclear nuts Cold War years. https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/putins-nuclear-powered-cruise-missile-is-a-rehash-of-an-1823588286 … (https://t.co/DWMn07yO3Y)https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1161026203345723393 … (https://t.co/7Uqpx7B7Sk)

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/casually-tweeting-out-national-secrets-internet-stunned-as-trump-tweets-about-previously-unknown-us-nukes/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1113&recip_id=298460&list_id=1

Trash bullshitting again, shooting his mouth off with bullshit sent by his shit-for-brains.

[RandomGuy]

actually talked a bit to Agloco about this.

Be interesting to see what his take on it is.

[boutons_deux]

U.S. conducts first cruise missile test since withdrawal from INF Treaty with Russia


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-conducts-first-cruise-missile-test-since-withdrawal-from-inf-treaty-with-russia/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-conducts-first-cruise-missile-test-since-withdrawal-from-inf-treaty-with-russia/)ce withdrawal from INF Treaty with Russia