The long trail zig zag Earth’s horizon immortalized by Luca Parmitano and shared on his Facebook profile would be that of a Russian nuclear missile Topol. The confirmation comes from the network and another image, posted by always Parmitano, which took an even more enigmatic cloud, left by an object pulverized during re-entry into the atmosphere. Italian astronaut Many fans have wondered where they came from. Not even he knew of its origin and, above all nationalities. Until Maria Teresa Noto posted in the comments a link to a page of the Russian strategic nuclear forces, which announced a successful test of a missile launch Topol/SS-25 of 10 October from the platform of the Kapustin Yar in Kazakhstan. In support of the news even the photo taken from the ISS which removes all doubt. The missile was not naturally equipped with a nuclear warhead for which it was designed and immediately after takeoff in suborbital trajectory is indented disintegrating. According to reports from the site of the Russian strategic nuclear forces launch served to “test the characteristics of the Topol missile and the new war equipment for intercontinental ballistic missiles.” (Edited by Matteo Marini)
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