76 Year Old Russian Ayaks Hypersonic Jet Scientist Sentenced To 7 Years For Passing Secrets

Summary Hypersonic scientist jailed for passing secrets to foreign agents, part of a trend in Russia’s espionage cases. Ayaks hypersonic vehicle under development, part of Russia’s push to produce hypersonic missiles. Russia eager to assert itself as a leader in hypersonic weapons, despite limitations and prior arrests for treason. Russian hypersonic scientist Alexander Kuranvo has become the largest of a spree of Russian scientists convicted for selling technology to foreign agents. Kuranvo worked in Russia’s hypersonic sector on the Soviet-era Ayaks hypersonic vehicle (still under development). Countries that consider themselves the world’s great or superpowers are rushing to produce hypersonic…