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This unclassified CIA-distributed JPRS translation, dated 1 December 1992, reproduces an article by Lieutenant Colonel V. Maksimovskiy from the Moscow journal Aviatsiya i Kosmonavtika. It describes V. Shabetnik's proposed propulsion method for a spherical craft covered in superconducting material and driven by electron accelerators rather than hydrocarbon fuel. It reports tests in March and May 1992 in which a small superconductor model developed more than 22.5 grams of force, and it notes that the models moved like flying saucers.
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# Concatenated JPRS Reports, 1993 ## Document 2 of 4 Page 5 near future it will be necessary to complete refinement of individual assemblies, conduct a synthesis of new high-temperature superconducting materials, and begin development of an airborne vehicle prototype with a diameter of up to 5 meters and a mass of up to 5 metric tons. ## 21. The Outlook 22. Many other obstacles have not been surmounted yet, of course, but the matter is worth active study. It is necessary to be convinced once and for all of the validity of this means of propulsion. Our country has indisputable priority here. And if the author is correct in obtaining materials with a superconducting effect at temperatures of over 800 degrees C., such means of transportation may be developed for trips at the earth's surface: not only instead of motor vehicles, locomotives, and diesel vessels, but airplanes as well. New booster rockets may make their appearance. There will be advanced, ecologically clean means of transportation. But for the present, the manufacture of spacecraft is the most practicable. Aside from other advantages, if these craft are spherical in shape, they are protected by their field from most meterorites. 23. It is interesting that models in the experiment moved like flying saucers." Movements and changes in direction were instantaneous. Who knows, perhaps V. Shabetnik has unraveled their secret (if one exists). But this is not important if such devices make their appearance. We ourselves may become inhabitants of another planet to someone else, and our earth will become cleaner and more suitable for human life. Why hurry to migrate to other planets and space stations? After all, the sun will be shining for everyone even longer! 24. COPYRIGHT: ''Aviatsiya i kosmonavtika,'' 1992.
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