Russia jails hypersonic missile scientist for 14 years for treason

23 comments

1. Great news! Now, lock up the rest of the engineers!

2. Well, he doesnt look too supersonic does he?

3. Ah, classic stalinism.

4. Time will just fly by, oh wait…

5. ……for 14 years without reason.

6. Boy this might make other scientists & engineers think twice before going to work for the Russian War Industry. /s

7. Lol… someone’s missiles are not as good as they say they are.

8. Maybe I misremember, but I think that I heard that several other scientists on this project were being charged.

9. Putin doesn’t like liars! Full of self hate.

10. I’d say he’s moving much closer to a sloths pace nowadays.

11. When you lie on your resume 

12. They just do like leader does. Lie and cheat at every opportunity. Leading by example.

13. Germany, that’s interesting, didnt really realize they had the will or way to do that…

14. Patriot system we thank you lol

15. They’re locking him up for publishing the same research that the Russian government already vetted.

    He doesn’t even design the weapons, apparently, just study hypersonic flight.

    I guess the people who actually make the missiles are part of the massive crime family so you have to put the blame lower down?

16. Just put all the engineers and scientists working on weapons projects in prison for overstating their strength. That’ll surely help

17. Tell me you don’t have hypersonic missiles, without telling me you don’t have hypersonic missiles.

18. Don’t fret.

    New, exculpatory evidence will turn up just as soon as they’re ready for the Mk II upgrade.

19. Jailing scientists who did what they are told. Neat.

20. > Maslov was accused of sharing top-secret data related to Russia’s hypersonic missile programme with Germany.

    So my theory is that they preemptively lock them up, fearing what they *might* do.

21. Good – we need RuZZian scientists to be afraid to conduct their work. Pretty soon RuZZia will be World leaders in Cave Dwelling

22. Hypersonic*

    *Some exceptions may apply.

23. Failure to deliver on wonder weapons is treason.

    This will surely help Russia’s brain drain problem.