Having worked on a strategic asset navigation set I can attest that one of the most difficult navigation problems is a pole crossing, as you end up with a divide-by-zero issue. Therefore, it is necessary to check the inertial navigation function of anything that will pass over the pole. We were able to put ours in a B-52 and just fly it over the pole. I’d imagine you need to actually fly a missile that is intended to go over the pole over that route to ensure the algorithm and the hardware works properly. Otherwise, the multiple independent warheads will not hit their intended targets. Incidentally, that particular inertial nav set is one of the most complex and precise devices ever built by man.
Interesting info, Thanks.
I think We could solve that problem for puttiepute if We blasted it out of the sky over the ocean with a Laser or some other defensive weapon.
Just for the fun of it 🤪🇺🇸
Or just as well if the Israeli’s did it.😜
Russian ICBM test failed while Biden was in Ukraine: report
NY Post ^ | 02-22-2023 | Victor NavaPosted on 2/22/2023, 9:53:36 AM by ChicagoConservative27
"While President Biden was in Ukraine on Monday, Russia tested an intercontinental ballistic missile that appears to have failed, according to a report.
US officials told CNN on Tuesday that Russia used a deconfliction line to notify the US in advance of the missile test, which reportedly did not pose a risk to the country.
According to the officials, the US did not view the test as an anomaly or an escalation.
The test was of a nuclear-capable heavy SARMAT missile, dubbed Satan II by NATO, and classified as a “superweapon” by the head of Russia’s aerospace research agency.
US officials believe the test failed since Russian President Vladimir Putin did not mention it in his State of the Nation address Tuesday."
Today news reports said it failed.