This is probably the Topol-M ICBM maneuvering warhead.
Anyway, coming off how hilariously the Ruskies fucked up the ballistic missile launches that Putin was at, (the missiles failed to launch, then the same general who told the press in the early days of the Kursk crisis that everything was okay came out and said it was supposed to be a "virtual launch", I.E nothing was actually supposed to happen. ) the best chance for this being deployed anywhere is in Iran or some other third world country they can unload the technology off at for a tidy profit.
The missiles that allegedly failed were the oldest misisles in the entire R-29RM inventory; very little to do with future technology and almost certainly nearing the end of their service life. The oldest missiles are test-fired every year apparently- that way, the service life of all the other missiles of its type gets extended in the launch is successful.
Anyway, the incident is under investigation- but your account of the simulation thing is off.
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Icehawk wrote:*Points and laughs at silly dick waving russians* Dodge THIS, morons.
I have been trying all day to find a pic of that Soviet ASAT that appeared in dozens of books (it was an artist's rendering from the Pentagon). You know the one where it's front end explodes in a shower of small ballbearings killing the target satellite?
Just so I can say in a cheeze Russian accent; 'Ha! Ve are alreedy two steps a-head of vou!'
But no love I am afraid, anyone else got it?
Η ζωή, η ζωή εδω τελειώνει!
"Science is one cold-hearted bitch with a 14" strap-on" - Masuka 'Dexter'
"Angela is not the woman you think she is Gabriel, she's done terrible things"
"So have I, and I'm going to do them all to you." - Sylar to Arthur 'Heroes'
Day 2 in Russian Missile test ..... Alot like the first
Russian missile launch goes wrong - again
Putin's much-publicised appearance at military exercises is marred by missile malfunction on two days running
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin oversaw one of Russia's largest strategic military exercises in years for a second day on Wednesday, and, for a second day, something went wrong
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from the nuclear submarine Karelia in the Barents Sea veered wildly off course 98 seconds after launch and then self-destructed, a navy spokesman said.
The cause of the malfunction would be investigated.
The missile was supposed to cross the Arctic and land in a missile range in the Far Eastern region of Kamchatka. Instead, it exploded in the upper atmosphere over the Barents.
On Tuesday, the launch of two missiles from the submarine Novomoskovsk in the Barents failed - for reasons that are still in dispute - as Mr Putin watched from the deck of another submarine
Icehawk wrote:*Points and laughs at silly dick waving russians* Dodge THIS, morons.
I have been trying all day to find a pic of that Soviet ASAT that appeared in dozens of books (it was an artist's rendering from the Pentagon). You know the one where it's front end explodes in a shower of small ballbearings killing the target satellite?
Just so I can say in a cheeze Russian accent; 'Ha! Ve are alreedy two steps a-head of vou!'
Clearly, the R-29RMs being fired by those Delta IVs (both subs involved ar Delta IVs) are beyond their service life. Time to do away with that year's batch.
(by contrast, there hasn't been a land-based ICBM launch failure since 1998- of a Topol-M, which was still in the prototype stage at the time, being tested).
Crown wrote:I have been trying all day to find a pic of that Soviet ASAT that appeared in dozens of books (it was an artist's rendering from the Pentagon). You know the one where it's front end explodes in a shower of small ballbearings killing the target satellite?
Just so I can say in a cheeze Russian accent; 'Ha! Ve are alreedy two steps a-head of vou!'
Gandalf wrote:*Plays the old Soviet national anthem.*
Yes, I have that on my computer.
"Soy'ooz neroosh'imi resp'ooblik svob'odnikh..."
Forgot to mention I have no idea what they're saying.
Though if all goes well I'll be doing Russian at uni next year.
Until then, HERE you go. The page contains the lyrics in English, in Russian (using Latin letters), and in Russian (using Cyrillic letters). Also has some .wav files...
Google is God .
The M2HB: The Greatest Machinegun Ever Made.
HAB: Crew-Served Weapons Specialist
"Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope." --P.J. O'Rourke
"A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." --J.S. Mill
You can find some superior high quality .mp3s of the anthem here, as well as the new Russian Federation version introduced by Putin and by the same (very old guy) who did the original:
Icehawk wrote:*Points and laughs at silly dick waving russians* Dodge THIS, morons.
I have been trying all day to find a pic of that Soviet ASAT that appeared in dozens of books (it was an artist's rendering from the Pentagon). You know the one where it's front end explodes in a shower of small ballbearings killing the target satellite?
Just so I can say in a cheeze Russian accent; 'Ha! Ve are alreedy two steps a-head of vou!'
Yup, but it kinda lost any real mission when the US pulled out of their similar project. Yet another dead-end job like the whole XB-70 Vs. MiG-25 fiasco.
Admiral Valdemar wrote:Yup, but it kinda lost any real mission when the US pulled out of their similar project. Yet another dead-end job like the whole XB-70 Vs. MiG-25 fiasco.
/me curses JFK for killing Dyna-Soar and the Valkyrie...
Crown wrote:
I have been trying all day to find a pic of that Soviet ASAT that appeared in dozens of books (it was an artist's rendering from the Pentagon). You know the one where it's front end explodes in a shower of small ballbearings killing the target satellite?
Just so I can say in a cheeze Russian accent; 'Ha! Ve are alreedy two steps a-head of vou!'
But no love I am afraid, anyone else got it?
The launch pad for those things is now in Kazakhstan, and the ABM satellite could simply destroy the thing if it was seen to be on an intercept course.
"This cult of special forces is as sensible as to form a Royal Corps of Tree Climbers and say that no soldier who does not wear its green hat with a bunch of oak leaves stuck in it should be expected to climb a tree"
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956
Crown wrote:
I have been trying all day to find a pic of that Soviet ASAT that appeared in dozens of books (it was an artist's rendering from the Pentagon). You know the one where it's front end explodes in a shower of small ballbearings killing the target satellite?
Just so I can say in a cheeze Russian accent; 'Ha! Ve are alreedy two steps a-head of vou!'
But no love I am afraid, anyone else got it?
The launch pad for those things is now in Kazakhstan, and the ABM satellite could simply destroy the thing if it was seen to be on an intercept course.
<Russian Warhorse>Silly American our ASAT's are already up there!>/Russian Warhorse>
Η ζωή, η ζωή εδω τελειώνει!
"Science is one cold-hearted bitch with a 14" strap-on" - Masuka 'Dexter'
"Angela is not the woman you think she is Gabriel, she's done terrible things"
"So have I, and I'm going to do them all to you." - Sylar to Arthur 'Heroes'
Symmetry wrote:I thought the Russians had enough nukes already to saturate any defenses we were planning? Why do they need this?
Well, because those nukes are eventually gonna be useless for one. As it is, nothing says they have to equip this thing (and I heard it was fired from a UR-100NUTTh aka SS-19 STILETTO, though don't take my word for it) on everything they have or are acquiring (Topol-M aka SS-27).
