Russia Uranium Plant Blast Kills 1, Injures Many

Newsmax ^ | 14 July 2023 | Michael Katz

[Hamiltonian]

One person was killed and more than 100 were hospitalized Friday in an explosion at the world's largest uranium enrichment plant in central Russia's Ural mountains.

The incident in a workshop at the Ural Electrochemical Combine in Novouralsk happened after a cylinder with depleted uranium hexafluoride was "depressurized" at about 9 a.m. local time, according to Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, which owns the plant. Local news outlet E1 referred to the incident as an explosion.....

Vyacheslav Tyumentsev, head of the Novouralsk Urban District, told residents not to panic.

"I appeal to the residents of Novouralsk with a request not to panic, not to spread messages through instant messengers," he wrote, according to E1. "Take care of your loved ones, explain to friends and family that there is no danger. The situation is under control."......

[dennisw]

BobL got properly zinged. He is a Ron Paul-ist zombie.

[dennisw]

As for the Rooshin weapons, their parts were probably traded for vodka in the export market.

You got me laughing and I don't know why.

[BobL]

“BobL got properly zinged. He is a Ron Paul-ist zombie.”

Yep, that is a problem I have here. When someone comes out of nowhere and starts blasting people opposed to Biden’s policies, I have a tendency to look up their posting histories (I assume that’s why they’re public). Hard to imagine how people can have accounts for DECADES and hardly ever bother to post.

One guy was around for the 2016 Primary Season blasting Trump, then went COMPLETELY DARK for 6 years, and then came back to life to defend Biden’s War in Ukraine. Thankfully he was finally dealt with by JR.

[dennisw]

I hear you on all that my brother in disarms..... I am lounging around today. So cannot give you a better reply.... Lounge though interrupted but my fruit tree buyers.

There is no mango recession.

[Alter Kaker]

HAD the ability. The Russians since have the S-500, and soon the S-550, both of which can intercept ICBMs. What modifications has the US made to be able to get our nukes past those air defenses?

LOL. A lot of magical thinking in that sentence, tankie. The S-500 has never once shot down an ICBM, not even in a test, it is available in tiny numbers and nobody, certainly not the Kremlin, has claimed that Russia can do a damned thing about the massive American nuclear triad aimed at it.

[BobL]

“The S-500 has never once shot down an ICBM, not even in a test”

Link please. People making these kinds of assumptions are the reason you guys are in so much trouble in Ukraine.

[Hamiltonian]

BobL got properly zinged. He is a Ron Paul-ist zombie.

Well, I'd say that a couple of them zombies are deep into a search non-existant evidence and preparing to issue a denouncement for presenting opinions that don't square with the Kremlin's official line. Its what commissars do.

[Alter Kaker]

Link please.

Not my job to prove a negative. And you're the one with the absurd position that one regiment of a new, unproven SAM is somehow able to protect the country from nuclear attack. Magic.

[Svartalfiar]

Link please. People making these kinds of assumptions are the reason you guys are in so much trouble in Ukraine.

...Do you have any evidence they have been tested to have that capability?

[BobL]

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/russia-begins-series-production-of-s-500-air-defence-system

Your turn. Now give us links about their testing failures, please.

[BobL]

“Not my job to prove a negative.”

Didn’t think you had any backup. Nothing new here - people were ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN the Russian economy would crash, due to sanctions and SWIFT - did not happen, not even close. So I think a lot of people confuse what is true with what they WANT TO BE TRUE, as in this example.

[Alter Kaker]

ICBM launches aren’t subtle. If Russia had tested this sucker it would be well known the world around, including by open source researchers.

[BobL]

“ICBM launches aren’t subtle. If Russia had tested this sucker it would be well known the world around, including by open source researchers.”

I doubt that they sent you a notice when they tested it, but if it’s being fielded, it’s been tested.

[Alter Kaker]

if it’s being fielded, it’s been tested.

LOL. You're such a clown.

[BobL]

“LOL. You’re such a clown.”

Hope you’re doing well with your Gender Studies diploma. Best to leave ADULT TOPICS to others here.

[Svartalfiar]

Your turn. Now give us links about their testing failures, please.

That link doesn't say anything. It has: a picture supposedly from a 2021 test against a ballistic missile (a picture of the truck system not even doing anything), and a comment from an unnamed source that it hit "a target" 500km out in 2018. No info given on what the ballistic results were. No info on what the 2018 target was (likely static).

So Russia might have claimed a successful test of the S-500, and China's claimed successful ballistic test on S-400 systems that they've bought, but none of those have been corroborated by anyone else. And if there's no public data (your link isn;t even official sources either), or if they haven't actually been tested, how am I supposed to have a link to a failed one?

But here's what one of the chat AI things says about it:
As far as publicly available information goes, the S-500 has not yet intercepted an actual ballistic missile in a test. The system is still in development and testing phases, and its full capabilities are not yet known.

Russia has conducted a number of tests of the S-500 system, but these have mainly involved testing the system's various components and subsystems, such as its radar and missile launchers. These tests are designed to validate the system's capabilities and identify any technical issues that need to be addressed before it can be deployed.
...
It is possible that the S-500 has been tested against simulated ballistic missile targets, but this information has not been publicly disclosed. Russia typically does not release detailed information about its missile defense testing activities, and much of the information that is available comes from official statements and media reports.

[BobL]

“chat AI”

LOL. Did they say that the Russians would create Bradley Square in Ukraine, also?

[Svartalfiar]

LOL. Did they say that the Russians would create Bradley Square in Ukraine, also?

Huh? What are you talking about? I used one of the 'AI' programs to search for any articles about S500 ballistic tests. Much more efficient/comprehensive than me just giving up after the first 20 results in Brave search showing nothing.

[BobL]

Do yourself a favor and do a chat search on Ray Epps, government agent.

It’s up to you whether to believe the response, not my problem.

[Svartalfiar]

Do yourself a favor and do a chat search on Ray Epps, government agent.

It’s up to you whether to believe the response, not my problem.

And what does that have to do with the S500?