BBC:
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has raided a space research facility after a suspected leak of hypersonic missile secrets to Western spies.
The state space agency Roskosmos said its security staff were co-operating with FSB officers on a criminal case. Russia’s Kommersant daily says about 10 staff at a Roskosmos facility called TsNIIMash are under suspicion. A director’s office was searched.
Hypersonic missiles fly at more than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5). On Thursday Russia released video of two new hypersonic missile systems – called Kinzhal and Avangard. Both can deliver nuclear warheads.
The suspects in the secrets case could be charged with high treason, Kommersant reports.
