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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Stolen' Russian missile explodes after being sold for scrap
A "stolen" 10m-long (35ft) Soviet-era anti-aircraft missile has exploded at a recycling centre in eastern Russia, killing two and injuring one.
Russian media were alerted to the explosion of the large-scale missile in the city of Chita after a YouTube user uploaded a car dashcam video showing the moment of the blast.
The missile was an S-200 Angara, known as the SA-5 "Gammon" in Nato countries. They have been in service since the 1960s, but are nowadays superseded by the S-300 and S-400 surface-to-air models.
It is unknown how the missile came to be at a recycling plant. Local news website by24.org says that the seven tonne missile "had been stolen" from a military base by persons unknown and taken to the facility in exchange for cash. It had likely exploded while recycling workers were trying to dismantle it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-40900219
Russian media were alerted to the explosion of the large-scale missile in the city of Chita after a YouTube user uploaded a car dashcam video showing the moment of the blast.
The missile was an S-200 Angara, known as the SA-5 "Gammon" in Nato countries. They have been in service since the 1960s, but are nowadays superseded by the S-300 and S-400 surface-to-air models.
It is unknown how the missile came to be at a recycling plant. Local news website by24.org says that the seven tonne missile "had been stolen" from a military base by persons unknown and taken to the facility in exchange for cash. It had likely exploded while recycling workers were trying to dismantle it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-40900219
The video does display a date of 2012, but I presume the BBC has checked out the reports sufficiently for this to be genuine.
Who would think "here's a missile, let's open it up"?
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'Stolen' Russian missile explodes after being sold for scrap (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2017
OP
I just bought that at a garage sale. How was I supposed to know the missile was explosive?
Renew Deal
Aug 2017
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Renew Deal
(81,889 posts)1. I just bought that at a garage sale. How was I supposed to know the missile was explosive?
oasis
(49,434 posts)2. What kind of "Mad Max" shit is allowed to go on in Russia?
Thank heaven we have "regulations" here in the USA.
the conster was just bragging about getting rid of 5 million, 679 thousand 834 regulations that were killing jobs. Down in the pile was the one concerning scrapyards and missles.
It's all good now.
TheBlackAdder
(28,237 posts)3. "Let's put it in the car crusher, that'll be good for a laugh!"
lpbk2713
(42,770 posts)5. "Here. Hold my beer while I take the cutting torch to this thing."
mitch96
(13,935 posts)7. Funny, I was thinking
The infamous quote..." Hey watch this"... "Эй смотреть это"
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geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)6. in Russia missile dismantle you nt
longship
(40,416 posts)9. Nice one, GT! DUzy! nt
rockodman
(20 posts)8. Surprise at the scrape yard
I live in NC with a lot of military bases and a lot of surplus everywhere. A few years ago a metal recycling place near where I live "blew up" while compacting scrape iron for rail transport. Seems someone had broken into Ft. Bragg and stolen scrape iron from a big pile on an isolated corner of the reservation. Happened to have live rounds in it. Loaded up then sold it in another town. Boom.