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Exclusive: Russian hypersonic scientist accused of betraying secrets to China
Reuters ^ | 24 May 2023 | Filipp Lebedev

Posted on 05/24/2023 4:55:45 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that Russia is a world leader in hypersonic missiles, cutting-edge weapons capable of carrying payloads at up to 10 times the speed of sound to punch through air-defence systems.

Asked about the accusations facing the ITAM experts as well as about previous treason cases linked to China, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said security services were watchful for possible cases related to "betrayal of the motherland".

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: globalistpropaganda; spy
Putin has repeatedly said that Russia is a world leader in hypersonic missiles, cutting-edge weapons capable of carrying payloads at up to 10 times the speed of sound to punch through air-defence systems.

Apparently, they didn't "punch through" the Ukraine air defense.
Putin is not happy, so the beatings will continue...

1 posted on 05/24/2023 4:55:45 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

...ever see who works at large US aerospace companies? Hint, they’re not Hondurans.


2 posted on 05/24/2023 5:08:36 AM PDT by BobL
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Is it safe to assume the same ineffective technology was transferred to China?


3 posted on 05/24/2023 5:09:01 AM PDT by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Why would China want them if Ukraine can shoot them all down so easily?


4 posted on 05/24/2023 5:28:44 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: BobL

—”...ever see who works at large US aerospace companies? Hint, they’re not Hondurans.”

I retired from deep inside a large R&D lab; kind of like the UN. Many Chinese, Germans a few Russians.

I do not recall any Hondurans, but they must have been there.

A huge operation, with a total campus of 10,000+.


5 posted on 05/24/2023 5:31:37 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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“I do not recall any Hondurans, but they must have been there.”

LOL, but the idiots in the FBI figured Honduran janitors were too dumb to spy for the Soviets, but the Soviets thought otherwise and had access to all our top-secret trash, for decades.

Maybe they were too busy looking for White Supremacists, even then?

As for who actually works at those facilities, even for us non-scientists, just park in their lot at lunch time (as I did once) and see who comes out the front door.


6 posted on 05/24/2023 5:36:26 AM PDT by BobL
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To: DUMBGRUNT

MY son has been working in big Pharma ever since graduating a few years ago with a BS in Biotechnology.
He decided it would be a good idea to learn Mandarin. Considering so many of his coworkers are Chinese.


7 posted on 05/24/2023 6:08:44 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Apparently, they didn’t “punch through” the Ukraine air defense.


They aren’t real hypersonic missiles to begin with. They cannot glide and their tail fins are useless. They are basically Iskander ballistic missiles with a different motor.


8 posted on 05/24/2023 6:55:18 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: woodbutcher1963

—”He decided it would be a good idea to learn Mandarin. Considering so many of his coworkers are Chinese.”

A good idea, no doubt about it!
They were always nice to me.

Plus...
One day they brought a new trainee to show her around.
A Chinese girl and cute as a bug in a rug.
My fearless leader, a big cheese, starts giving me the elbow and pointing to the young lady.

This was a workplace that was PC/woke before woke existed.
I could be unemployed if reported for such poor behavior.

She did have a nice smile.


9 posted on 05/24/2023 6:59:56 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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—”Apparently, they didn’t “punch through” the Ukraine air defense.”

Putin must have sucked in his own press release/propaganda.

Now his but hurts.


10 posted on 05/24/2023 7:11:52 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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He applied for a PHD program at several universities. Was accepted by a couple but he decided to go to work instead.
Some of the PHD labs at places like Harvard were 100% Chinese including the professors. At all of the ones he visited he(white male) would have been a minority.


11 posted on 05/24/2023 7:30:43 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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Only Russian vodka is a powerful enough fuel to reach hypersonic speed so the Chinese still have to smuggle a lot of that in.


12 posted on 05/24/2023 7:32:05 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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Prigozhin: We fought in Bakhmut against superior forces, destroyed about 50,000 Ukrainian Armed Forces and wounded up to 70,000

▪️ PMC "Wagner" had 3.2 times fewer dead than the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and about 2 times fewer wounded.
▪️ The PMC in Artyomovsk had 50,000 people at its best, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine - 82,000, and the ratio for the assault should be 3 to 1 for the attackers.
▪️During the operation, I chose 50,000 prisoners, 20% of them died, another 20% were injured.
▪️The goal of Artemovsk was not Artemovsk itself, but the Bakhmut Meat Grinder. And in Artemovsk, we destroyed everyone we were supposed to destroy, we completed the task.
▪️The task was completed due to the highest level of organization.
▪️We have our own: planes, helicopters, air defense, artillery, MLRS, reconnaissance and even our own satellite reconnaissance.

13 posted on 05/24/2023 9:09:01 AM PDT by Kazan
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__”Some of the PHD labs at places like Harvard were 100% Chinese including the professors. At all of the ones he visited he(white male) would have been a minority.”

I was curious about the work of one Chinese researcher but was somewhat concerned about asking a proprietary question.

Was he ever happy to discuss it!!

A few weeks later his area was EMPTY, The experiment/process was a success and they all went out to a long lunch.

It then became public (WSJ) that the process was sold $$$ to the Chinese.


14 posted on 05/24/2023 9:28:35 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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