State Central Navy Testing Range
| State Central Navy Testing Range | |
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| Near Nyonoksa in Russia | |
| File:NASA FIRMS 2025-08-08 Nyonoksa.png Satellite imagery of the State Central Navy Testing Range | |
| Site information | |
| Operator | Russian Navy |
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The State Central Navy Testing Range (Russian: «Государственный центральный морской полигон», Gosudarstvennyj central'nyj morskoj poligon) at Nyonoksa is the main rocket launching site of the Soviet Navy and later the Russian Navy. The site is located east of the settlement of Sopka 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Nyonoksa.
History
[edit | edit source]The naval missile range was established in 1954 and is also known as military unit 09703.[1][2]
Since 1965, numerous rockets of the types R-27, R-29, R-39 Rif, and R-39M were launched from Nyonoksa.[citation needed]
Accidents
[edit | edit source]On 15 December 2015, an accident during a missile launch test resulted in a block of flats in the village being hit by part of a rocket.[3]
On 8 August 2019, an explosion caused the Nyonoksa radiation accident with several scientists being killed.[4] The incident might be linked to the development of the nuclear-powered cruise missile 9M730 Burevestnik, also known by its NATO reporting name as the SSC-X-9 Skyfall.[5]
See also
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