Posted on 11/05/2023 12:12:45 PM PST by marcusmaximus
A handful of tests launches of Russian President Vladimir Putin's newest nuclear-capable missiles have either been canceled or failed since June, according to a report.
Independent Russian news outlet Sirena reported on Wednesday, citing a source at a rocket and space industry enterprise in the country, said at least six missile tests have been unsuccessful since June 30.
The attempted tests involved Russia's next-generation "Poseidon" nuclear-capable torpedo, its Sarmat weaponry, its Yars intercontinental ballistic missile, and the Bulava, an intercontinental-range, submarine-launched, ballistic missile which is also designed to carry a nuclear warhead.
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Sirena reported that its source said the Yars missile "fell during the second stage of flight" and the Bulava launch was "canceled at the last moment."
Just days later, on October 31, the next Sarmat launch failed "because the telemetry system failed," Sirena reported.
And on Wednesday, Russia's the same type of missile fell 77 seconds into its test launch, and 300 kilometers (186 miles) from its launch site.
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It is amazing to watch the powerful response by some here to anything they perceive as negative about Russia, even anything that implies they are having an issue with one of their weapon systems that threaten our nation, call up defensive emotions from our enemy agents.
The more problems Russia faces in its ability to destroy us, the better.
I wish they would cheer for America instead of against us.
Does this have something to do with failed Minuteman III launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California lately?
Irony:
Newsweek
Minuteman Missile Failure Draws Russian Mockery of US Nuclear Arsenal
6 Russian failures. 1 U.S. failure. Stop cheering against America.
The wiki differs with you. RS-28Sarmat was contracted for mass production 14 months ago. It’s right there in the text, I didn’t write it.
You’re just arguing your own case badly. The right thing to do is note that the missile is liquid fueled, which has always rendered fast response impossible since it takes time to put fuel aboard. But claiming things don’t exist when western sources say otherwise is just delusion.
As for Kinzhal —
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-47M2_Kinzhal
There are gazillion reports of use pre Ukraine. How can it not be mass produced? It’s pure data. What are you doing?
“Contracted” for mass production. Why did 2 of their test launches fail last week?
From your wiki link:
In an interview published by The Economist on 13 June 2023, the Ukrainian Patriot operators stated that the Kinzhal missiles travelled at approximately 1,240 m/s (Mach 3.6), which is about one-third of the maximum speed claimed by Russia.[62]
sounds like a load of pentagram hopium....
Stop cheering against America.
When you know that a contract is in place and mass production is underway, and then a source no one can track down says a test flight failed, the obvious conclusion is the test flight did not even happen, successful or failed.
And I don’t know how Ukrainian air defense operators quoting a number is relevant to the missile being in mass production.
How is that relevant?
BTW I have seen photos of the debris, it’s in the wiki, and I went and looked up the device the Russians said that debris was from. It looked just like it. You’ll agree if you track it down.
As for the max velocity, it seems likely the radar would not have come off the assembly line with readouts at hyper mach magnitude. I would not design it for that when nothing like that existed at time of design. So giving these youngsters the benefit of the doubt, they probably quoted the max speed they were capable of measuring.
I doubt it. I believe we have yet to have any recent success in the missile department either.
Duds for all.
None of this makes anyone want to hand that punk Zelensky another dime.
Kinzhal missiles are shot down by Patriots because they are not even close to being hypersonic. That’s why they haven’t been used by Russia in months. All hype, just like SATAN-2.
Not in favor of US failure but I feel like I’m reading “spin” here.
You can imagine that, but the assertion is (from you) that they are not in full production. How can that be with so many instances of use prior to Ukraine? As far back as 2018.
Regardless of imagined inadequate speed, they must exist in large numbers for so many uses to be quoted by western sources before Ukraine.
I suspect you are away of this. Some other agenda underway than truth.
What this really says is both nations are trying to ramp up...
A stockpile of 25 Kinzhal missiles is not a sign of mass production.
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