Russian President Vladimir Putin has suffered an emabarassing setback as his feared Satan 2 nuclear arsenal failed four out of five missile tests, according to arms experts and satellite imagery from the launch site.

High-resolution satellite images of the launch pad at Russia’s Plesetsk test site, where the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile exploded, shows extensive damage.

A crater approximately 60 meters wide at the launch silo at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, along with visible damage in the surrounding area that was not present in images taken earlier in the month.

  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    If you ever look up at the sky and see 5-10 diagonal lines almost in parallel… well, if you have a firearm nearby, that would be a good time to self-exit for sure.

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      3 months ago

      Please don’t shoot yourself if 5-10 planes just happen to fly parallel

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        3 months ago

        Shit. We just had an airshow here and I was about to look for my ticket for self exit. Thanks for the heads up.

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      3 months ago

      I live right next to one of the largest airports in the world.

      I see 5-10 parallel lines in the sky multiple times a day.

      I also live next to one of the largest airports in the world, which is a few miles from a national guard base located right outside one of the largest cities in America.

      I’m probably in the fireball radius of a nuke, assuming the Russians haven’t been embezzling their government money and are still fueling their hydrogen bombs, so if the big red button gets pushed, I’ll just get vaporized about half an hour later.

      Don’t shoot yourself just because you see lines in the sky. You’re either close enough to civilization for planes to make lines in the sky, in which case the bombs will probably get you anyway, or you’re so far out in the sticks that you’ll have plenty of time to make a decision.