Cannon in Moscow Park Was Emitting Radiation
<i> Reuters</i>
MOSCOW —
An artillery piece used as a children’s climbing frame in a Moscow park was beaming out dangerous levels of radiation, Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper reported this week.
The paper said experts examining the naval cannon, in Moscow’s Victory Park, discovered a night-vision device that was emitting radiation well above any permissible level. The device was hurriedly removed, it said.
Victory Park was inaugurated this summer and displays one of the biggest collections of military armor and weaponry in Russia.
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