“After its firing from the submarine Dmitry Donskoy, the Bulava missile self-liquidated and exploded into the air” - Russian MoD spokesman to Interfax 23 Dec 08
And thus was written the postscript on the latest test of the star-crossed Bulava SLBM. Five failures in eight attempts would seem to call into question the fast-track to IOC/deployment [...]
Bulava Fails Latest Test - Lessons for US?
December 23rd, 2008 3 Comments
Tags: Bulava · JSF · Russia · USN
Красная звезда вторник: Red Star Tuesday
December 16th, 2008 7 Comments
Bulava SLBM Update: According to press reports , the star-crossed Bulava SLBM will go into serial production “soon” - most probably after the next test flight. There is one more test shot scheduled for sometime later this month (after 21 Dec) after which it is anticipated that the new SLBM will be declared operational. Nine tests of [...]
Красная Звезда в четверг (Red Star Thursday)
November 29th, 2007 3 Comments
A bit more about China and the Kitty Hawk deal, plus some more below the fold about another failure of Russia’s Bulava SLBM and some other aspects of the Russian defense industry.
Panda Bashing?
On the heels of the story of the Chinese turning away the Kitty Hawk comes that of the two minesweepers that were denied [...]
Tags: Bulava · carrier · China · Indian Navy · Kitty Hawk · Panda bashing · Project 955 SSBN · Russia
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