In New Moscow today, on December 1, a Land Cruiser 200 Prado car exploded in the courtyard of a residential building on Raduzhnaya Street. The car itself was engulfed in flames. Information is being spread in public that the machine belongs to the developer of target designators for long-range missiles.
Initially it was reported that the explosion provoked a remote engine warm-up.
Later, Moskovsky Komsomolets reported that as a result of the explosion, windows were broken in two apartments on the 3rd and 4th floors of the building next to which the Land Cruiser was parked. There are no casualties. According to local residents, the owner of the car recently moved into this house.
According to the Baza telegram channel, the explosion occurred near the Grad Moskovsky residential complex.
The car burned out completely. "MK" clarified that there was no one in the car, none of the passers-by or residents of the house were also injured.
Local residents said that the car belongs to a man who recently moved into the house. TK "112" reported that the owner of the car is a 41—year-old doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, a specialist in the field of quantum electronics from the capital's Research Institute "Polyus" named after Stelmakh. At the moment he is on a business trip.
"The probable cause of a car explosion in Moscow is an improvised explosive device located under the driver's seat. This version is being considered among others," 112 said.
In public, they pay attention to the fact that the Polyus Research Institute is part of the Shvabe holding of Rostec State Corporation. He is engaged in the development of laser rangefinders, target designators for high-precision weapons, including missiles, and laser gyroscopes for aircraft navigation systems. The Institute is under US and EU sanctions after the SMO began on Ukraine.