Posted on 08/21/2018 12:54:08 PM PDT by Innovative
Moscow is preparing to recover a nuclear-powered missile lost at sea, according to sources with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report.
Russian President Vladimir Putin bragged earlier this year that the new missile had unlimited range.
The missile was tested four times between November and February, each resulting in a crash, according to sources who spoke to CNBC on the condition of anonymity.
Crews will attempt to recover a missile that was test launched in November and landed in the Barents Sea, which is located north of Norway and Russia. The operation will include three vessels, one of which is equipped to handle radioactive material from the weapon's nuclear core. There is no timeline for the mission, according to the people with knowledge of the report.
The U.S. intelligence report did not mention any potential health or environmental risks posed by possible damage to the missile's nuclear reactor.
Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled the new nuclear-powered missile in March, boasting it had unlimited range. Yet, the weapon has yet to be successfully tested over multiple attempts.
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Nuclear powered?
How big would it have to be...?
“Hey, any of you guys seen my missile?”
I hate when I lose my nuclear missles at sea.
Nuclear powered, eh?
Yeah.
And CNBC sez it, so it absolutely positively must be believed.
I think I saw this movie.
“Nuclear powered?
How big would it have to be...?”
And “Unlimited Range?”
How far do they need it to go?
Andre, you lost another missile?
“I hope they find it and hope someone else didn’t find it first.”
We’re STILL missing several.
Too late, a US submarine has already retrieved it.
What a bunch of ignorant turkeys. A nuclear powered missile.
One of them is near Savannah, IIRC..............
Nuclear armed or nuclear powered?
Well, as a Space Cowboy, Tommy Lee Jones once took a bunch of Soviet/Russian nuclear missiles to the Moon.
A great line from the flick.
Sounds like nuclear powered, it had a nuclear reactor.
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