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The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

Finagle — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:32:57 -0800

I found out about this on the Atompunk mailing list and felt it deserved its own thread. These photos are really incredible.

tl;dr: Amazingly ballsy Russian girl sneaks into working missile factory, takes pictures and posts to LiveJournal, gets warning letter from government, wins sport of urban exploration forever.

From the original post to Atompunk:

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This is great on so many levels.

http://gizmodo.com/5873441/this-girl-sneaked-into-this-russian-military-rocket-factory

And Gizmodo Senior Editor Jesus Diaz is [rightfully] head-over-heels:

"While some of these rooms look decrepit and abandoned, the factory is active. In fact, the government is really pissed off. The authorities sent her letters saying that her situation will get "much worse" if she keeps posting photos from the factory.
"But Lana doesn't seem to give a damn about it [read: honey badger don't give a shit], which makes me want to go to Russia, become her friend and party hard for a whole week. This girl is cooler and more badass than I will ever be. That or she's crazy.

"In any case, I love her."

Original post in Russian with many more photos on LiveJournal... of course: http://lana-sator.livejournal.com/160176.html#cutid1

The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

Argos — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:54:18 -0800

I can never be this cool T__T

Vut seriously those are really awesome photos.

The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

JP Carpenter — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:49:17 -0800

<3
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Wow.

The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

nigredo — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:29:21 -0800

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The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

roadscum — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:45:45 -0800

Stunning pictures, slightly worrying that someone can just wander about a Russian rocket factory at random though...

The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

cjkoger — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:52:46 -0800

Pretty amazing story, and like many have said, great pictures. Reminds a bit of the recent Greenpeace invasion of the French Nuclear Facility.

The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

Jay Kay — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:23:16 -0800

@roadscum

Yeah, that does kinda seem to deflate some of the funness of the whole thing. Let's hope that whatever would-be terrorists don't have someone as badass as this lady in their unit.

The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

DavidLejeune — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:42:42 -0800

That's probably one of the reasons why the government is threatening her if she keeps releasing pictures.

The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

taphead — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:37:17 -0800

Great, so that's where all the XP went. There are no more points left for anyone.

The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

Flabyo — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:37:43 -0800

So the Russian tack here is to send emails saying 'don't do that'?

You know that if this were the States she would've been picked up while she slept and woken up in Gitmo right?

The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

Neila — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:10:54 -0800

If that was in the US she would have been picked up the moment she passed the perimeter fence. D:
Those are some amazing photos, I agree! There's something about photos of stuff in disrepair that's just so damn interesting.

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Vornaskotti — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:14:18 -0800

This is the reason I'm so pissed off that I don't speak Russian... I'm living literally next to the biggest UE park in the world, ie. the former Soviet Union, but going to these places really requires that you are quite fluent in Russian :/

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Osmosis — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:37:53 -0800

That girl is Sam Fisher.

The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

Argos — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:23:00 -0800

So, I was talking to my boyfriend about this and he says that the exact same thing happened (also in Russia) a while back, only it was a photo shoot with some model and so it wasn't a real sneak in to begin with (but they initially posted the story as if it had been). Said he did some research when he read this current story and it doesn't seem to be linked to the same group who did the other faux break-in, but thought I'd throw that out there (though this one seems legit).

The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

Jay Kay — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:19:14 -0800

@Osmosis

I disagree.

That girl is Solid Snake.

The Girl Who Broke Into the Russian Missile Factory

CK Burch — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:52:08 -0800

Holy crap.

No worries, just a working missile factory and threats from the government.

Sweet Jesus Fuck this girl is badass.