Monday, July 6, 2020

Russia: Arctic Village In Missile Test Danger Zone (advised to maybe evacuate)

From The Barents Observer:

Villagers advised by military to evacuate Nenoksa ahead of missile test
Villagers are asked to meet at 5 am on July 7th to board busses bringing them in safe distance for the Russian navy’s test site on the coast of the White Sea in northern Russia. A warning to ships is issued for a large area in the White Sea from Nenoksa towards Cape Kanin. 

It is the city administration in nearby Severodvinsk that posted the warning on its portal.
«From 6:00 on July 7 to 18:00 on July 8, the village of Nenoksa are inside the danger zone during work by the 1st scientific center of military unit 09703,» the message reads.

The military informed the Severodvinsk administration that the evacuation is «for those wishing to leave Nenoksa

There are about 500 inhabitants in the village which is located 2 kilometers from the missile test site of the navy. Five buses will be ready to evacuate the villagers....
....MUCH MORE 
....Cruise missile crashed into house 
In 2015, a cruise-missile test went badly wrong at Nenoksa. Shortly after launch, it changed pattern, started to spin, and crashed into a three-storey residential building in Nenoksa. The building also had a kindergarten on its ground floor.