Thursday, December 29, 2011

So Much For Security At A Russian Rocket Plant

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said harsh measures would be taken to enforce security and punish the “sleepy cats” responsible for the plant’s security. © RIA Novosti. Mikhail Fomichev

Minister Orders Russian Space Agency Security Blitz After Blogger Invasion -- RIA Novosti

Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has been given until January to rectify security at its plants or face the consequences, after a reported penetration of its rocket plant in northern Moscow.

A group of Russian bloggers claimed in a report posted on the Internet that they managed to get inside the Energomash plant in Moscow’s Khimki district, which manufactures liquid-propellant engines for civilian and military rockets.

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Update #1: Security Breaches at Rocket Plant Trouble Russian Space Officials -- Space.com
Update #2: Russian officials rattled by breach at rocket plant -- Yahoo News/Reuters

My Comment: At least this security breach was not at a military base/reactor complex/or nuclear weapons depot.

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