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Another inmate escapes from Butyrki prison in Moscow http://www.reuters.co.il/news2000/N2S1AK3Q.HTM

MOSCOW. Oct 1 (Interfax) - Another prisoner has escaped from Butyrki remand center No. 2 in Moscow. An inmate named Vinogradov managed to leave the visiting area somehow at about 11 a.m. on Monday, showed a Penitentiary Division pass to the guard at the exit
and left the prison unchallenged. 01 OCT 2001 08:13:14

Russia's Raduga design bureau completes ground tests of H-59MK antiship missile
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Oct 1, 2001 ........ http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=011001006099

Text of report in English by Russian AVN Military News Agency web site

Moscow, 1 October: The Raduga machine-building design bureau completed ground tests of the new H-59MK air-to-surface missile, a spokesman for the design bureau told Interfax-Military News Agency on Monday [1 October].

H-59MK is made on the basis of the H-59M missile. An active radar homing warhead is installed in the new weapon instead of the television-guided homing system installed in H-59M. The missile's range of operation grew from 155 km to 285 km thanks to replacement of the launch acceleration unit with a special fuel tank. H-59MK has the subsonic speed of flight, but it is distinguished for high combat efficiency comparable to more expensive supersonic missiles. Its kill probability is 0.90 to 0.96 if used against cruisers or destroyers and 0.70 to 0.93 if used against small-size targets. One or two missiles are needed to eliminate a cruiser or a destroyer. The warhead's weight is 320 kg.

The H-59MK missile can be used on practically all modern Russian fighters including those supplied to foreign customers.

Source: AVN Military News Agency web site, Moscow, in English 0742 gmt 1 Oct 01