Russia fires record-setting ballistic missile (7,100 miles)
Russia fires record-setting ballistic missile
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:14:57 GMT
 Russia's intercontinental ballistic missile, Sineva (seen here), makes a record flight of 7,100 miles.
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Russia has successfully test-fired a strategic ballistic missile that hit its target more than 7,100 miles away in the Pacific Ocean.
A Russian navy spokesman, Igor Dygalo, said that the Saturday success marked the first maximum-range launch of intercontinental ballistic missile Sineva from nuclear submarine Tula.
"For the first time in the history of the Russian Navy, the target of the missile was in an equatorial part of the Pacific Ocean rather than the Kura testing ground on the Kamchatka Peninsula," said Dygalo, who is the head of the Russian Navy's information and public relations service.
The area where the dummy warhead landed was reportedly blocked at the time of exercise.
The military test comes amid simmering tensions between the US and Russia over a number of issues - the war in Georgia and Washington's plan to set up a missile shield in Europe.
Moscow has repeatedly warned that Russia would respond to the US defense missile shield in Europe should Washington press ahead with its plans.
According to Dygalo, the Saturday launch was directed at measuring the preparedness of nuclear forces belonging to the Russian navy.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who joined the Northern Fleet on Saturday to observe the launch, said the missile had traveled a record 7,170 miles (11,547 km).
"It seems to me that practically all the tasks that were set, were successfully carried out," President Medvedev added.
According to Ria Novosti, Russia is in the mid of a series of military maneuvers to test the army's readiness and 'to prevent the weakening of Russia's nuclear deterrent'.
MD/AA
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident"
Sub are deadly because they are secretive. You don't know where its current location is at any time.
Nuclear subs are even more deadly because they can stay submerged for an 'infinite' amount of time, basically MONTHS to nearly a year. So it doesn't have to 'pop up' for air, fuel and food supplies so often.
Over 2/3 of the planet is covered by water. 7,100 miles is approx near 11,000 km, which is almost about half the circumferance of the Earth.
IN OTHER WORDS, ANY WHERE THE MISSLES ARE
LAUNCHED, IT CAN HIT --- ANY --- TARGET!!!
That's the significance of this article. FYI, the USA's Trident Nuke Subs have a limited range of hundreds of miles only....
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Hypothetically speaking, would the blast area of a sub-load of these missiles (nuke-tipped, of course) cover the territory of all major cities in Israel? I mean, if Yahweh is determined to MELT 'the rebellious house of Israel' (Ezekiel 22:20), would a sub-load of these missiles do it? Remember, this is all hypothetical - Yahweh may well decide on American ICBMs, instead (maybe even a Comet, if it's in the neighborhood again!).
Let's remember that with Yahweh, ALL options are on the table!
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Without a doubt it would do that and more.
As soon as the magic six million number is reached
Russia And China don't want to kill your person... Perhaps the Target will be ELECTRONIC?
What is the need you all have to see NUKES fly?
Not one used in Anger.
So back to the real world..Frying out the JUST amount of Technology general IN a Select AMOUNT of regions would SEEM the right thing to do with out all the nasty and general fallout of all these nuke threats.
Propaganda and Palestine ARE the issues you will be dealing with in the tests to come.
And the DOW floundering a 750 point is going to kill a lot of heads if you resist doing the RIGHT things in a timely and Decisive manner.
New standards of righteous conduct will be legislated into being OR
Tech Bomb is just the fix for your American Halo of Bullshit from Hollywood and New York.
Kafucking BOOOOM!!! to the American Way.
First you take D.C. Then you take New York
It's very, VERY difficult to launch ballistic missiles from subs. Read below for comparison with Russian system. Russia has possesses the MOST ADVANCED missiles and delivery in the world. Who ever said Russia is old obsolete soviet-era equipment is ignorant. Also, recent showings indicate the USA's fighters and bombers are NOT AS ADVANCED as hyped up to be.
For starters their F-22, F-35 is BARELY "5th generation", BARELY "stealthy". Only slightly more advanced than Eurofighter and J-10. The B-2 bomber is very UNSTABLE in flight, and requires to be protected by FCs. With tactics and skills, the advantage the US has in jets can be neutered. That is why F-22 and F-35 are being delayed as we speak... they don't live up to the projected hype, even the USAF is critical of them.
http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5002&issueid=68
Final test of K-15 ballistic missile on Tuesday
Sandeep Unnithan
New Delhi, February 25, 2008
A A AK-15's solid booster casingThe Defence Research and Development Organisation is to conduct the final test launch of the K-15, India's first submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from off the coast of Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. The missile can carry a one-tonne nuclear weapon to a distance of 700 km.
On Tuesday, the calm sea around Vizag will be breached by the roar of a missile rising from under the sea, geyser-like. Climbing to a height of five kilometers, the missile will ignite a solid booster which will arc it to a distance of over 700 km over the Bay of Bengal.
With this full system test, DRDO officials say the missile will be handed over to the navy for integration on its nuclear submarine, the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV). "The K-15's development is complete, we are ready to integrate it with the mother ship," DRDO Chief Controller Dr Prahlada told the media last week, in the first official and detailed confirmation of the enigmatic missile.
The missile completes India's triad of land, air and sea launched nuclear weapons. It also gets India an entry into the elite club of-US, UK, France, Russia and China-capable of launching a ballistic missile from a submarine.
Underwater launch pontoonThe missile will be launched from a specially constructed submersible pontoon which sinks to a depth of 50 metres on the seabed-the intended launch depth from the submarine-and fires the missile from underwater. This period was chosen for the launch as the seas around Vizag are calm like a mirror.
The slender two-stage K-15 has a length of around 11 metres-larger than the 8.5 metre long Prithvi short-range ballistic missile but smaller than the 15-metre-long Agni-1 ballistic missile.
The missile has two stages fitted into its half-a-metre wide body. An underwater booster propels it clear of the submarine and takes the missile to a height of 5 km above the sea surface. On reaching this altitude, a second stage solid motor kicks in to propel the missile to a distance of over 700 km.
Work on the missile started around a decade ago under a highly classified programme earlier called Sagarika (Oceanic). Development ran parallel to the Indian navy's 25 year programme to build its own nuclear-propelled submarine, the ATV. In the last few years, the missile remained behind a veil of obsessive secrecy with the government refusing to confirm or deny its existence. Variously dubbed 'the naval missile' and the 'navalised Prithvi', it was successfully tested to incremental ranges six times. The last successful test to its full range was in April last year.
With work on the ATV nearly complete-a nuclear reactor was integrated into its hull in December-and the vessel due for sea trials next year, the next key milestone will be integrating the missile into the submarine. The ATV carries 12 K-15 missiles in four launch canisters. A fleet of three nuclear submarines are planned for induction by 2012.
According to DRDO officials, the key challenge here was to master the difficult science of launching a missile from under the sea. This technology will come in handy when the DRDO eventually fields the submarine-launched variants of the 3500-km Agni-III missile in the next five years.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev observes test launch of a Topol intercontinental missile from Plesetsk space center in northern Russia.
The missile was launched by Russia's Strategic Missile Force at 11:24 a.m. Moscow time (7:24 GMT) on Sunday.
Topol (SS-25 Sickle) is a single-warhead intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) approximately the same size and shape as the US Minuteman ICBM. The first Topol missiles became operational in 1985.
Although the service life of the SS-25 was extended to 21 years after a series of successful test launches last year, the missile will be progressively retired over the next decade and be replaced by a mobile version of the Topol-M (SS-27 Sickle B) missile.
On Saturday, Medvedev also observed military exercises of the Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea, including a full-range test of the Sineva ballistic missile that traveled a record 11,547 km (7,170 miles).
The exercises test Russia's strategic and regional deterrent and the structures of the Northern Fleet, particularly in relation to the naval strategic nuclear forces.
An aide to the Russian navy commander said it was the first time a submarine had launched the Sineva ballistic missile to its maximum range.
"For the first time in Navy history, the launch was not to the Kura test range in Kamchatka [Russian Far East], but to the area of an equatorial part of the Pacific," Captain 1st rank Igor Dygalo said, adding that the launch was made to check the preparedness of naval strategic nuclear forces.
The Sineva launch was made as part of the Dvina tactical exercises of the Russian Northern Fleet, which are also part of larger-scale Stability-2008 exercises conducted with Belarus that started in September and will run until October 21.