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When Russian Radar Mistook a Norwegian Scientific Rocket for a U.S. Missile, the World Narrowly Avoided Nuclear War
The Norwegian rocket incident, which took place on this day in 1995, marked the only known activation of a nuclear briefcase in response to a possible attack ...
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Soyuz-2.1b rocket with military satellite takes off from Plesetsk Cosmodrome
MOSCOW, May 22. /TASS/. The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket took off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome Friday, carrying a Ministry of Defense spacecraft, the Ministry announced Friday. "At 10:31 Moscow time ...
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Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with Glonass-M satellite launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome
MOSCOW, November 3. /TASS/. The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket and the Glonass-M navigation satellite have been launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the Russian Defense Ministry told journalists on ...