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| Once again Bulava fails spectacularly, this time in third stage. Heads to roll in Russia. |
| 2009-12-11 |
| MOSCOW, December 10 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Defense Ministry reported a failure of the third stage engine during a launch test of the Bulava seaborne intercontinental ballistic missile. Anyone got any Bulava jokes? This is entering the realm of the ridiculous now. I bet the Russians have some jokes (nobody is better at bitter, truthful jokes about their own culture than the Russians.) "On December 9, the Dmitry Donskoi nuclear-powered submarine performed an underwater launch of a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile from the White Sea, within the framework of design and flight tests," the press service of the Defense Ministry told Itar-Tass on Thursday. "After the return of the submarine to a naval base, experts examined telemetry returns. The first two stages of the missile operated in normal mode, but a technical failure occurred at the third stage of the flight trajectory. |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #6 ION WMF > RUSSIA FACING "STRATEGIC FAILURE" AGZ CHINA IN CENTRAL ASIAN ENERGY DEALS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-11 08:28 |
| #5 ION WMF > RUSSIA FACING "STRATEGIC FAILURE" AGZ CHINA IN CENTRAL ASIAN ENERGY DEALS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-11 08:28 |
| #4 I don't think so = am not convinced, as simil blue-colored "light show" occurred locally, albeit weaker or not as shape-formed as oer Norway. * GUAM > THE BLUISH "INVERTED CONE" was LARGE NEARLY VERTICAL TO THE HORIZON. TO "ACCEPT" THIS PREMISE DIRECTLY INFERS THAT RUSSIA ALSO TESTED ITS "BULAVA" COVERTLY OER WESTPAC ["American Lake"]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-11 06:52 |
| #3 I don't think so = am not convinced, as simil blue-colored "light show" occurred locally, albeit weaker or not as shape-formed as oer Norway. * GUAM > THE BLUISH "INVERTED CONE" was LARGE NEARLY VERTICAL TO THE HORIZON. TO "ACCEPT" THIS PREMISE DIRECTLY INFERS THAT RUSSIA ALSO TESTED ITS "BULAVA" COVERTLY OER WESTPAC ["American Lake"]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-11 06:52 |
| #2 Oh, well. Two outta three's not bad. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-12-11 12:10 |
| #1 They're slipping. In the old days they'd have put a spin on the story to match the spin on the missile, saying that it successfully illustrated evasive maneuvers no interceptor could possibly deal with. |
| Posted by: James 2009-12-11 02:18 |