Russia successfully launches new ballistic missile

interfax ^ | 12.21.05 | na

[Flavius]

Dec 21 2005 9:47AM Russia successfully launches new ballistic missile

MOSCOW. Dec 21 (Interfax) - The strategic submarine Dmitry Donskoy incorporated in Russia's Northern Fleet successfully launched a latest ballistic missile Bulava from the White Sea on Wednesday morning, a Russian Defense Ministry source told Interfax.

"It was an underwater launch," the source said.

Russian Navy commander's aide Cap. 1st Rank Igor Dygalo later told Interfax that the missile's reentry vehicle hit a target at the Kura range on the Kamchatka Peninsula at a calculated time.

"This was the first underwater launch of a Bulava missile and the second launch conducted as part of the series of the missile's tests," he said.

Russian Navy Deputy Commander Adm. Mikhail Zakharenko, who leads an ad hoc state commission for the Bulava trials is present onboard the Dmitry Donskoy now, Dygalo said.

Navy Commander Adm. Vladimir Masorin congratulated the vessel's commander, Cap. 1st Rank Arkady Romanov, and the crew on the successful launch.

The Dmitry Donskoy carried out the first test surface launch of a Bulava missile from a point in the White Sea on September 27, 2005.

The seaborne strategic missile system Bulava can carry at least ten independently targetable nuclear warheads. Its effective radius is at least 8,000 kilometers.

[Flavius]

Russia To Test Fire New Submarine Based Ballistic Missile

Moscow (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 Russia will this month test fire a new ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload up to 8,000 kilometres (5,000 miles) from a submarine, a top scientist with the programme said Friday.

"A new test firing of the Bulava-M missile should be carried out this month. These tests will continue next year," Yuri Solomonov, chief missile designer at the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, was quoted by the Interfax-AVN military news agency as saying.

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[coconutt2000]

It would be funny if the Russians developed a ballistic missile designed to launch a payload that goes all the way around the world and then drops on its point of origin.

Russia could claim the farthest range for a ballistic missile.

[mylife]

SSBN Dmitry Donskoy

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Bookmarked for Later.

[mylife]

Apparently our old adversaries are building their defenses back up

[SR 50]

I guess they wanted to test them to make sure they still work before sending them to Iran. Another related story...

Russia sends 12 long-range missiles to Iran.

[edpc]

They always have these great test results. Whenever their systems or tactics are implemented, they're usually exposed in short order. Remember the great results the Iraqis got from the GPS jammers during the 2003 invasion? They can develop all the undersea ballistic missiles they want. They're still carried inside their inferior, noisy submarines that would be found and destroyed long before they had a chance to launch.

[Thunder90]

We used Lazer guided munitions in the areas the GPS Jammers were being used.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"We used Lazer guided munitions in the areas the GPS Jammers were being used."

Actually, we simply set the GPS-guided munitions to "home on jam."

[Thunder90]

That is another option. Take out the first few GPS jammers with Lazer munitions, and the rest will fail.

[edpc]

JDAMs were used extensively all around and within Baghdad. The jammers were ineffective.

[nativeRussian]

This is third successful launch of new missile and the first from underwater. New complex (missile, start complex, guidance system etc.)intends for new generation of submarines "Borey"-type (project 955)http://submarine.id.ru/sub.php?955.
Main of them "Yuri Dolgorukiy" (had began in 1996!)must left shipyard at the next year, the next "Alexander Nevsky" had been planned in the 2007. The third had been planned in the uncertain future.
All three submarines must be ready not late than at 2010 because in those times only 10 strategic submarines (from 27) will rest into service.
Bulava-M has three stages (two are solid-state device and third is fuel.. because only fuel-engine is able to overcome anti-missile defence system) and 10 warheads.

[Tommyjo]

That was Ukraine not Russia. The Ukrainians were running a trial for those involved re-routing those missiles to China and Iran.

You do realise that the Bulava is a submarine launched ballistic missile? Iran has no subs capable of taking this.

[Tommyjo]

You do realise the platform that this was lauched from? The Typhoon can launch SLBMs from Russian territorial waters and still hit its designated target.

[edpc]

Do you realize we have attack subs around and in Russian territorial waters all the time? During a time of conflict, the Russian subs would be priority targets for the reasons you stated.

[Tommyjo]

Not inside territorial waters. That is the same as flying aircraft inside sovereign airspace. Lets put it another way. The Typhoon could launch its missiles from its berthing point if it so wished. It is also a myth that every Russian SLBM launch capable submarine is tracked 24/7.

[edpc]

If you think our subs have not been inside territorial waters of other nations, you're being naive.