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| 2019-09-11 | |
| [CNBC] ◘ Russia's nuclear-powered missile with so-called unlimited range will be ready for war within the next six years, a slightly accelerated timeline than previously reported, according to a U.S. intelligence assessment. ◘ The revelation of the new, more ambitious timeline for the missile comes even though the Kremlin has yet to secure a successful test over multiple attempts, according to sources with knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report. ◘ It also comes on the heels of a mysterious explosion off Russia's northern coast, which killed five scientists and sparked fears that Moscow had tested the missile in question, called Burevestnik.
Barbara Broccoli is not suing has been tested once earlier this year and prior to that, the weapon was tested four times between November 2017 and February 2018, each resulting in a crash. The U.S. determined that the longest test flight lasted just more than two minutes, with the missile flying 22 miles before losing control and crashing. The shortest test lasted four seconds and flew for five miles. The tests apparently showed that the nuclear-powered heart of the cruise missile failed to initiate and, therefore, the weapon was unable to achieve the indefinite flight Putin bragged about. Last March, Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled several hypersonic weapons, as well as Burevestnik. Putin said it was nuclear powered and had unlimited range. Yeah, it can go round and round the earth while Vlad makes up his mind. More at the link . | |
| Posted by:Dron66046 |
| #10 Intelligence experts? How ironic on 9/11. “Russia is committed to a massive investment in new systems like this to defeat U.S. missile defenses. We are stumbling toward an arms race,” Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear weapons expert at the Middlebury Institute [VT]of International Studies at Monterey [CA]. “Trump’s personal friendship with Putin is no substitute for the treaties that restrained the nuclear superpowers. Whatever the two leaders say, the U.S. and Russian militaries are spending billions on new nuclear weapons targeted at each other,” Lewis told CNBC. Lewis still hasn't gotten the Mueller Report conclusions, I see. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-09-11 18:56 |
| #9 Nuclear-powered missiles cruising around sounds... fanciful. A nuclear-powered torpedo, now that's something else. Think of it as a little autonomous, single-use boomer happily cruising and lurking, cruising and lurking, just waiting for its day. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-09-11 18:43 |
| #8 the idea of a nuclear powered rocket carrying nuclear weapons flying around the globe at low levels is so stupid it makes me think the US has a science advisor comedian agent advising Putin |
| Posted by: lord garth 2019-09-11 18:09 |
| #7 What is the point of an unlimited range? If you put it into orbit and have it waiting it effectively has an unlimited range and the Russians could do that already. Having the thing zooming around inside the atmosphere would be daft and just waiting for something, anything (lightning, a bird, a plane) to bring it down by accident. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2019-09-11 16:28 |
| #6 Lifespan of the fuselage do to air friction heating at hypersonic speeds? Silly idea, like a Gerald Bull Surface-to-Orbit Cannon, doable but kinda pointless. |
| Posted by: magpie 2019-09-11 16:10 |
| #5 Perpetual motion perfected... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-09-11 16:08 |
| #4 Alpha Centauri, here we come! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-09-11 15:41 |
| #3 We already know it is deadly to fish and nuclear scientists. |
| Posted by: Vinegar Protector of the Slytherins7734 2019-09-11 15:26 |
| #2 Thanks, TW. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-09-11 14:51 |
| #1 In fact they did test one. But because it had unlimited range it just kept going... |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-09-11 13:55 |