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| Russia fears leak of hypersonic missile secrets to West | |
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| Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has raided a space research facility after a suspected leak of hypersonic missile secrets to Western spies. | Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has raided a space research facility after a suspected leak of hypersonic missile secrets to Western spies. |
| The state space agency Roskosmos said its security staff were co-operating with FSB officers on a criminal case. | The state space agency Roskosmos said its security staff were co-operating with FSB officers on a criminal case. |
| Russia's Kommersant daily says about 10 staff at a Roskosmos facility called TsNIIMash are under suspicion. A director's office was searched. | Russia's Kommersant daily says about 10 staff at a Roskosmos facility called TsNIIMash are under suspicion. A director's office was searched. |
| Hypersonic missiles fly at more than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5). | |
| On Thursday Russia released video of two new hypersonic missile systems - called Kinzhal and Avangard. | |
| "It was established that the leak came from a TsNIIMash employee," a source told Kommersant. | "It was established that the leak came from a TsNIIMash employee," a source told Kommersant. |
| TsNIIMash is a top scientific subsidiary of Roskosmos, which runs Russia's space programmes. | |
| Russia's defence ministry has broadcast video of what it calls a new generation of hypersonic missiles, which can carry nuclear warheads. Some are launched by bombers, others are shown being launched from silos or mobile launch vehicles. | Russia's defence ministry has broadcast video of what it calls a new generation of hypersonic missiles, which can carry nuclear warheads. Some are launched by bombers, others are shown being launched from silos or mobile launch vehicles. |
| President Vladimir Putin spoke about the systems in March, including the Kinzhal missile, which can reach Mach 10 - about 12,000km/h (7,456mph) - with a range of 2,000km. | |
| The Kinzhal, already in service, is launched from MiG-31 or Tu-22M3 jets. Interfax news agency says Kinzhal-armed MiGs patrol over the Caspian Sea. | |
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| TsNIIMash is in the town of Korolyov, in the Moscow region. | |
| The FSB also searched offices at the United Rocket and Space Corporation (ORKK) in the Russian capital. | |
| Kommersant says a state corporation called Tactical Missile Arms handles hypersonic projects, but TsNIIMash works very closely with it. |