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  • Russia Denies Izhevsk 'Emergency' As Videos Show Fireball Over ICBM Plant

    02/08/2024 1:32:04 PM PST · by dennisw · 18 replies
    MSN --- Newsweek ^ | 2 8 | Isabel van Brugen
    Russian authorities denied an emergency in Russia's Udmurt Republic, as videos show a huge fireball over a weapons plant that produces nuclear weapons components and ballistic missiles. Massive explosion was reported on Wednesday on the grounds of the Votkinsk weapons factory, which produces weapons including the RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) & strategic ballistic missiles for the Topol-M and Iskander systems. The factory is located some 30 miles from the capital of the Udmurt Republic, Izhevsk. Videos filmed by residents showed a huge fireball over the area and a massive glow in the sky. Locals reported hearing explosions before...
  • Cooperative Threat Reductio Ad Absurdum (Shawn Macomber ping)

    10/04/2004 2:51:20 PM PDT · by swilhelm73 · 3 replies · 298+ views
    TAS ^ | 10/4/2004 | Shawn Macomber
    Votkinsk, the birthplace of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, may have been founded in 1759, but during Soviet times the city didn't make it onto most maps. The Soviets had their reasons for keeping Votkinsk under wraps. Built on a tributary of the Kama River, the city was settled by decree of the Empress Elizabeth to house employees of Votkinsky Zavod, a steel works plant that remains one of the largest defense plants in Russia today. Originally the plant busied itself casting parts for steamships, barges, and bridges, but during World War II the plant was militarized, producing various artillery and...