Fire breaks out at Russian missile research Institute in Moscow Oblast  

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said that thick smoke billowed out of the facility when the fire consumed an testing workshop.
According and , a fire broke out in Oblast, Russia, at the scientific research institution of special machine engineering located in the city Khotkovo.
After the beginning of the Russian war against Ukraine, sudden fires, arson attacks and sabotage strategic facilities increased. Kyiv also increased drone on key Russian military bases, defense factories and other strategic facilities. On the night of October 19, Ukrainian forces attacked the Lipetsk-2 air base and the Sverdlov explosion manufacturing plant in (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast), causing significant fires and secondary blasts.
The Khotkovo facility manufactures parts, among others, for Russian missile technology and space technology. Residents of the settlement said that the fire spread to a workshop, where morning testing takes place.
Smoke from the fire was visible in different parts of the city. According to preliminary reports, the fire was estimated to have covered 100 square meters.
The official cause of this fire has not yet been revealed. The Russian of Emergency Situations has claimed that insulation materials caught fire and there were no reported injuries.
The Central Scientific Research Institute of Special Machine Engineering at Khotkovo is specialized in the design and production of made of polymer composite materials used in missile and space technology.
The institute also conducts research and development in the fields of design and technology.
This institute developed a composite container for the Russian Strategic Missile System “Topol-M.”
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