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Russia's new missile is aimed at... Snohomish County?

caption: A graphic on Russian state TV refers to the Jim Creek naval radio station near Arlington, Washington. The TV report said the station could be targeted by a new hypersonic missile in any nuclear confrontation.
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A graphic on Russian state TV refers to the Jim Creek naval radio station near Arlington, Washington. The TV report said the station could be targeted by a new hypersonic missile in any nuclear confrontation.
Screen shot of Russian state TV

Could a military site in Snohomish County really be a target for a new Russian missile?

A Russian state television report on Sunday listed several U.S. sites that a new hypersonic nuclear missile could hit.

On the list: Naval Radio Station Jim Creek east of Arlington. The station provides communication with U.S. submarines in the Pacific fleet.

The U.S. has suspended participation in a treaty over intermediate-range nuclear missiles, claiming that Russia is cheating. Russia has responded with claims that it's developinghas a hypersonic missile that could hit targets in the mainland U.S. in a matter of a minutes.

The broadcast came Sunday, days after President Vladimir Putin said Russia was ready for a confrontation with the U.S. along the lines of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

A Reuters report says the Russian broadcast listed five sites as targets, including the Pentagon and the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland.

But the list also raised some eyebrows: Two of the military bases have been closed for two decades. Those are the former McClellan Air Force Base near Sacramento, California, and a closed training facility in Maryland.

The Jim Creek station has operated since the 1953, near the beginning of the Cold War. Back then it was hailed as the most powerful radio station in the world.

It's in the Cascade foothills south of Oso. There's an adjacent forest recreation center for military personnel and retirees that has a lodge, cabins and camping.

The Seattle area has its own reminders of the Cold War. Up on Phinney Ridge, an air raid siren built in the 1950s survives. Here's a SoundQs report about it.

You can watch the Russian TV report on the Daily Mail here.

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