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''IL GIORNALE'': EX PILOTA SOVIETICO COME CAVIA UMANA

LONDRA, Il "Sunday Times on line" ha raccolto la testimonianza di un anziano ex pilota russo che ha riferito come L'URSS durante la guerra fredda impiegasse alcuni elementi della sua flotta come cavie umane per verificare gli effetti delle bombe atomiche su velivoli e corpi umani: tra gli anni '50 e '60 la stormo di Konstantin Liasnikov, questo il nome del settantanovenne aviatore, doveva passare...

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Roma, Italia, 01/15/2001 12:12
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