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2023-10-26 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Aleksandr Kots: Bild reveals Putin's sinister plans
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Reports from the New Russia militia

25.10.23. A note from military correspondent Alexander Kots.

“The German tabloid Bild reports that ex-general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin handed over to Vladimir Putin “a plan to strike a major city in Ukraine using a space rocket launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.” The launch vehicle, according to the publication, was planned to be filled with 10 tons of explosives.

As evidence, Bild refers to a secret audio recording of an alleged conversation between Rogozin and the general director of the Progress rocket and space center, Dmitry Baranov, in early January 2023. The newspaper, of course, did not publish the recording itself.

Apparently, Bild suggests taking their word for it. How can you not believe such an authoritative publication?

“This story is reminiscent of the sinister plans of megalomaniac villains from the James Bond epic. And yet the action takes place in real Russia in 2023,” the author intensifies the horror from the very first lines. “A group of high-ranking Russian officials and scientists are planning a mega-terrorist attack on Ukraine, to impress dictator Putin."

After such a sparkling start, the author begins to get confused in his testimony. In the first part of the text, he claims that such a missile hitting a city would cause a huge amount of radioactive fallout. Then he declares that the rocket was planned to be filled with FAB-200 bombs. In the end comesto the conclusion that this method is not suitable, since the explosives in the bombs will not withstand the heat of the rocket. And similar nonsense.

You can’t help but wonder: does the Bild editors disrespect their readers that much? Does he think they are such morons? Even if we imagine that Rogozin and Baranov really talked about this “mega-terrorist attack,” they were either under the influence, or, more likely, deliberately trolling Western journalists, knowing that the conversation was being recorded.

In the end, we still have enough Iskanders, Daggers, Calibers and other powerful and long-range high-precision missiles. There is no need to stuff Soyuz and Progress with explosives. And we, unlike the enemy, try to avoid terrorist methods.”

From Skidmark, a Daily Mail report:
Russian plot 'to crash space rocket filled with explosives into Ukraine's capital city Kyiv': Officials 'presented plan to Vladimir Putin, according to leaked phone calls from space agency chief'

Senior Russian officials are plotting to crash a space rocket crammed with explosives into the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, it has been claimed.

Leaked phone calls involving the former head of the Russian Space Agency Dmitry Rogozin and a current rocket chief Dmitri Baranov reveal the alleged plot.

The scheme was presented to Putin earlier this year by his close aide Anton Vaino, head of the Russian presidential administration. It is not known what decision - if any - was made by Putin.

Posted by badanov 2023-10-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [26 views ]  Top

#1 crash a space rocket crammed with explosives

Journalists never heard of mv^2/2?
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-10-26 04:55||   2023-10-26 04:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Guess not Grom.
What does it mean?
Posted by Skidmark 2023-10-26 23:30||   2023-10-26 23:30|| Front Page Top

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