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Research Associate @CNS_Updates. Rocket propulsion and radiological security (usually not at the same time). Opinions my own. Faves/RTs ≠ endorsements

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Joined August 2015
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Michael Duitsman
7 hours
You can see in the videos that the first four impacts are large - there appear to be groups of objects impacting almost simultaneously. The last two impacts appear to be discrete, single objects. It's possible that these last two are packages that failed to deploy submunitions.
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Michael Duitsman
7 hours
The packages each contain six kinetic impactors, which impact in a cluster around the target, similar to a shotgun. It's very similar to the 'rods from god' concept - damage is inflicted on the target by the kinetic energy of the impactors, rather than by conventional explosives.
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Michael Duitsman
7 hours
We believe that a conventionally-armed Oreshnik carries six 'packages' rather than traditional re-entry vehicles. A bus/post-boost vehicle probably controls the final targeting of the packages (aligning each one to impact a precise target, like a modern ICBM).
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Michael Duitsman
7 hours
As Decker notes, there may have been a partial payload malfunction.
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Decker Eveleth
8 hours
It appears Oreshnik was indeed used tonight. I am not counting as many submunition packages this time which may be due to a partial failure of one of the packages to separate correctly.
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Michael Duitsman
8 hours
Seeing potentially credible reports of a new Oreshnik launch against Ukraine tonight.
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Clash Report
8 hours
NEW: Video reportedly showing the “Oreshnik” attack on Lviv.
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Michael Duitsman
3 months
Building. Water, at night.
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Michael Duitsman
3 months
Cat. Water.
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Michael Duitsman
3 months
An car.
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Michael Duitsman
3 months
French person, with guns.
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Michael Duitsman
3 months
Church of the Holy Saviour of Getting Shot in the Foot While Your Parachute is Stuck on a Church Steeple.
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Michael Duitsman
3 months
Church of Our Lady of Where the Hell am I.
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Michael Duitsman
3 months
Other cross. Other gun.
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Michael Duitsman
3 months
Pictures from my current vacation, in no particular order: Cross. Gun.
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Michael Duitsman
4 months
Looks like there's been a series of potentially major earthquakes near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and the nuclear submarine base at Vilyuchinsk.
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Earthquake Monitor
4 months
Very strong #earthquake of magnitude 7.8 just reported 145 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia - info,...:
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Michael Duitsman
4 months
I will be in Europe at the time, but otherwise I would be there!
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5 months
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Michael Duitsman
4 months
I shouldn't need to say this, but murdering people is bad.
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Michael Duitsman
4 months
Crowds POTUS can only dream of.
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Michael Duitsman
4 months
Some people are a little too enthusiastic...
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Michael Duitsman
4 months
A fan favorite since the Red Square.
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Michael Duitsman
4 months
AEROMAPLANES!
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