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Russia holds hypersonic flight expert in spy probe
Source: BBC
Russia holds hypersonic flight expert in spy probe
12 August 2021
Russian security agents have detained the head of an institute researching hypersonic flight, on suspicion of treason, Tass news agency reports.
Alexander Kuranov, an expert on plasma physics, is chief designer at the hypersonic systems institute in St Petersburg, known by the Russian initials NIPGS.
Russia is developing hypersonic missiles, which fly at more than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5).
A similar case was reported in 2018.
The FSB arrested a top space scientist, Viktor Kudryavtsev, in 2018 and searched several space research facilities, including Moscow's TsNIIMash, which also studies hypersonic technology.
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12 August 2021
Russian security agents have detained the head of an institute researching hypersonic flight, on suspicion of treason, Tass news agency reports.
Alexander Kuranov, an expert on plasma physics, is chief designer at the hypersonic systems institute in St Petersburg, known by the Russian initials NIPGS.
Russia is developing hypersonic missiles, which fly at more than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5).
A similar case was reported in 2018.
The FSB arrested a top space scientist, Viktor Kudryavtsev, in 2018 and searched several space research facilities, including Moscow's TsNIIMash, which also studies hypersonic technology.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58186033