Russian jailed for passing missile data to CIA
source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-11/russian-jailed-for-passing-missile-data-to-cia/3824510
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A Russian space engineer has received a 13-year jail sentence on charges of passing secret strategic missile data to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in return for cash.
Russia's FSB security service said test engineer Vladimir Nesterets from the northern Plesetsk cosmodrome admitted receiving payments for information about "tests on Russia's latest strategic missile systems."
The security service refused to specify the types of systems involved in the case or the size of the payments.
But analysts called the apparent security breach a significant blow for Russia because its armed forces use the north-western site to test and launch every type of missile in production and development today.
"This is the Russian strategic missile forces' main launch site," independent military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer said.
"All current mobile systems and their warheads are launched from and tested at Plesetsk."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-11/russian-jailed-for-passing-missile-data-to...
Russia's FSB security service said test engineer Vladimir Nesterets from the northern Plesetsk cosmodrome admitted receiving payments for information about "tests on Russia's latest strategic missile systems."
The security service refused to specify the types of systems involved in the case or the size of the payments.
But analysts called the apparent security breach a significant blow for Russia because its armed forces use the north-western site to test and launch every type of missile in production and development today.
"This is the Russian strategic missile forces' main launch site," independent military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer said.
"All current mobile systems and their warheads are launched from and tested at Plesetsk."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-11/russian-jailed-for-passing-missile-data-to...
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cabinettags
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Guess the CIA is trying to see what improvements have been made on the systems stolen from us.
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