Black Brant (rocket)
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The Black Brant is a family of Canadian-designed sounding rockets originally built by Bristol Aerospace, since absorbed by Magellan Aerospace in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Over 800 Black Brants of various ve
Black Brant sounding rockets
Black Brant I
Black Brant II
Black Brant III
Cheget
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Cheget is a "nuclear briefcase" and a part of the automatic system for the command and control of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces named Kazbek. From when it was first developed, a "nuclear suitcase"
Black Brant (rocket)
…forces were put on high alert as a result, fearing a high-altitude nuclear attack that could blind Russian radar, and Russia's "nuclear briefcase", the Cheget, was brought to Russian president Boris Yeltsin, who then had to decide whether to launch a retaliatory nuclear strike against the United States. It…
The Russian "nuclear briefcase" from the early 1990s on display at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center in Yekaterinburg.
Then-Acting President Vladimir Putin receiving the "nuclear briefcase" on 31 December 1999.
The ceremony of passing the "nuclear briefcase" during Vladimir Putin's third inauguration on 7 May 2012.