http://steeljawscribe.com/2008/09/17/russian-slbm-developments Looking for clues at the scene of the crime Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://steeljawscribe.com/2008/09/17/russian-slbm-developments/comment-page-1#comment-3854 Красная звезда вторник: Red Star Tuesday | Steeljaw Scribe Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:06:39 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/?p=1350#comment-3854 [...] Tentatively given the NATO designation SS-NX-30, the Bulava, as we have documented   here previously  , along with the a new-class SSBN (led by the Yuri Dogoruky  ) are the replacements [...] [...] Tentatively given the NATO designation SS-NX-30, the Bulava, as we have documented   here previously  , along with the a new-class SSBN (led by the Yuri Dogoruky  ) are the replacements [...]

]]> http://steeljawscribe.com/2008/09/17/russian-slbm-developments/comment-page-1#comment-2952 Steeljawscribe Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:50:58 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/?p=1350#comment-2952 <a href="http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1029799" rel="nofollow">According to Defense Ministry officials (unnamed)</a> (<a href="http://russianforces.org/blog/2008/09/bulava_test_was_not_quite_succ_1.shtml#comments" rel="nofollow">h/t Pavel</a>), it appears that while launch and fly-out were successful, separation of the RVs from the bus wasn't. Now, especially iven the history of the Bulava, would the test be considered a failure, a success or partial success/failure? If the intent was an end-to-end test, I would assert it was a failure - heaven knows, if it was a US test, the press would be all over it as a failure vice a 'partial success.' Puts the Russians in a bit of quandry as it appears they will be pressing ahead with IOC on the Yuri Dolgoruky, designed to carry the Bulava in the next several months and an alternative SLBM isn't an option. -SJS According to Defense Ministry officials (unnamed) (h/t Pavel), it appears that while launch and fly-out were successful, separation of the RVs from the bus wasn’t. Now, especially iven the history of the Bulava, would the test be considered a failure, a success or partial success/failure? If the intent was an end-to-end test, I would assert it was a failure – heaven knows, if it was a US test, the press would be all over it as a failure vice a ‘partial success.’ Puts the Russians in a bit of quandry as it appears they will be pressing ahead with IOC on the Yuri Dolgoruky, designed to carry the Bulava in the next several months and an alternative SLBM isn’t an option.
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