A specialist research facility has been reopened in Russia, tasked with testing weapons that can withstand freezing temperatures and harsh weather at the ends of the world.
The Central Scientific Research Institute for Precision Machine Engineering, headquartered just outside Moscow, announced on Thursday that the laboratory had received state certification and would begin testing imminently. Founded under the Soviet Union, it had fallen into disrepair and its equipment has since been replaced and restored.
In a press release, the head of the scientific and technical centre at the Institute said thatΒ βthe certification is the final step towards restoring this unique technological capability that had been lost after the fall of the USSR.β
https://www.rt.com/russia/510645-soviet-era-lab-arctic-exploration/
