State Central Navy Testing Range

The State Central Navy Testing Range (Russian: «Государственный центральный морской полигон», Gosudarstvennyj central'nyj morskoj poligon) at Nyonoksa is the main rocket launching site of the Soviet Navy and later the Russian Navy. The site is located east of the settlement of Sopka 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Nyonoksa.

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State Central Navy Testing Range
Near Nyonoksa in Russia
Satellite imagery of the State Central Navy Testing Range
Site information
Operator	Russian Navy
Location
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Coordinates	64°38′44.848″N 39°12′34.265″E / 64.64579111°N 39.20951806°E / 64.64579111; 39.20951806
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The naval missile range was established in 1954 and is also known as military unit 09703.^[1][2]

Since 1965, numerous rockets of the types R-27, R-29, R-39 Rif, and R-39M were launched from Nyonoksa.^{[citation needed]}

On 15 December 2015, an accident during a missile launch test resulted in a block of flats in the village being hit by part of a rocket.^[3]

On 8 August 2019, an explosion caused the Nyonoksa radiation accident with several scientists being killed.^[4] The incident might be linked to the development of the nuclear-powered cruise missile 9M730 Burevestnik, also known by its NATO reporting name as the SSC-X-9 Skyfall.^[5]

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