![]() Zvegintsev founded Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics' laboratory of Aero Gas Dynamics which deals with hypersonic technologies, and until his detention was still working full time despite his advanced age. News of their detention on suspicion of high treason comes days after a Russian missile assault on Ukraine's capital was largely ineffective, with Ukrainian officials claiming their US-supplied Patriot air defence system managed to down several of Moscow's Kinzhal - or 'Dagger' - hypersonic missiles, which Putin once boasted were 'unstoppable'.Īnd their institute has protested the arrests, claiming the men were being prosecuted over normal scientific activity such as making presentations and taking part in international conferences and projects, and publishing articles in major journals. Zvegintsev, 78, along with Anatoly Maslov and Alexander Shiplyuk, are seen as key figures in the development of Russia's hypersonic weapons programme which is thought to be one of the world's most advanced. A trio of Vladimir Putin's leading hypersonic scientists have been detained on suspicion of high treason in what fellow scientists have declared a 'witch hunt'Īerodynamics specialist Dr Valery Zvegintsev, 78, is the latest of three prominent scientists from the Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Novosibirsk to be arrested on extremely serious charges.
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