What I noticed reading through the affidavit is that the undercover agents were obviously pretending to have not quite native English, by dropping classifiers l

What I noticed reading through the affidavit is that the undercover agents were obviously pretending to have not quite native English, by dropping classifiers like "a", "an", or "the" here and there. That's something not uncommon with Russians. However, at one point the guy explains to them: The [REDACTED] is the [REDACTED] provided to US Navy crews. How to operate [REDACTED]. How to [REDACTED]. Troubleshooting Problems. Routine Maintenance. Your naval experts will be able to adapt these procedures to fit your own operations. Operating a [REDACTED] has many unique aspects, and these [REDACTED] reflect decades of U.S. Navy "lessons learned" that will help keep your sailors safe. Russia doesn't seem like the country that would need help with materials outlining best practices. China? Here's something else I noticed: [REDACTED] 7919 pages (4 pages per sheet). The [REDACTED] reports the detailed results of all [REDACTED] done to predict the behavior of the [REDACTED] during normal [REDACTED]. The REDACTED] also documents the design basis assumptions used to carry out these analvses. Your technical experts should be able to use this information and the (REDACTED] to verify the results using their own [REDACTED] codes. This really piqued my interest. To predict the behavior of...? What are the codes? And these analyses? So I did a Google wildcard search "behavior of * during normal *" "codes" and believe I identified the jargon. High-fidelity and accurate nuclear system codes play a key role in the design and analysis of complex nuclear power plants. RELAP/SCDAPSIM is a best-estimate nuclear tool designed to analyze the behaviour of reactor systems during normal and accident conditions. High-fidelity and accurate nuclear system codes play a key role in the design and analysis of complex nuclear power plants. Among such multiple subsystems, the behaviors of the reactor core (and its fuel, burnable poisons, control elements, etc.), the reactor internal structures, the vessel, and the energy conversion subsystem and beyond to grid demand affect to each one of them. Generally, the interplay between these various subsystems is modeled by the use of coupled codes, and in this matter, the most common is that of thermal-hydraulics and neutronics codes. As regards this issue, the present paper introduces the new features (NIRK3D and 3DKIN) that have been added to RELAP/SCAPDSIM/MOD4.0 There isn't really a any utterance that explains motivations, but I imagine he is telling himself he is helping adversaries make their subs safer. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221915511_Safety_Studies_and_General_Simulations_of_Research_Reactors_Using_Nuclear_Codes https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221915511_Safety_St... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328499091_CANDU_6_Accident_Analysis_Using_RELAPSCDAPSIM_With_the_Integrated_Uncertainty_Package/link/5c3c5d95a6fdccd6b5ab452d/download https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328499091_CANDU_6_A... https://www.researchgate.net/profile/C-Allison/publication/313743324_Coupling_of_RELAP5-SCDAP_MOD40_and_Neutronic_Codes/links/58aafa4592851cf0e3ca23a7/Coupling-of-RELAP5-SCDAP-MOD40-and-Neutronic-Codes.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/C-Allison/publication/3... This though, gave me a belly laugh: Thank you for your partnership as well, my friend. One day, when it is safe, perhaps two old friends will have a chance to stumble into each other at a cafe, share a bottle of wine and laugh over stories of their shared exploits... Oh man, you sad fuck. You were never going to make an old friend.