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Russian Official Suggests Weapon Caused Spacecraft Failure

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Demoman

Mr. Popovkin’s remarks in the newspaper Izvestia were the first high-level suggestion of nefarious interference. A retired commander of Russia’s missile warning system had speculated in November that strong radar signals from installations in Alaska might have damaged the spacecraft. 

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