Russian missile designer killed in Yekaterinburg incident
Valentin Smirnov, head of the Russian design bureau that developed the S-300 surface-to-air missile, was killed by an unknown assailant early Wednesday in what the Russian press says could have been a business-related assassination. Smirnov, 62, was shot in the head outside his apartment in the Ural...
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