Posted on 09/23/2024 9:26:08 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Russia has been making more nuclear threats lately but there's a growing sense in Moscow that they aren't working like they used to. Putin has become the boy who cried nuke.
When Russian President Vladimir Putin warned earlier this month that Western approval for Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia would mean Moscow was at war with NATO, Russian propagandists rushed to rattle the nuclear saber.
Alexander Mikhailov, director of the Bureau of Military Political Analysis, called for bombing plywood mock-ups of London and Washington — complete with reproductions of Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and the White House — to simulate nuclear strikes, so that they would “burn so beautifully that it will horrify the world.”...
But inside the Kremlin, there is a growing recognition that the repeated use of the nuclear threat is starting to lose its potency and Moscow’s red lines are constantly being crossed. Analysts and officials close to senior Russian diplomats said instead that Putin is casting around for a more nuanced and limited response to the West allowing Ukraine to use longer range missiles to strike Russia.
“There has been an overflow of nuclear threats,” said a Russian official speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject. “There is already immunity to such statements, and they don’t frighten anyone.”
In an ongoing effort to show just how truly scary he is, Putin has been testing his latest nuclear-capable ICBM. But satellite photos show that a test planned for this month didn't go as expected.
Maxar satellite images from Saturday appear to show a crater roughly 200 feet wide and extensive damage to the surrounding area at the launch silo at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region in northern Russia. Imagery recorded earlier this month does not show any visible damage to the site...
“By all indications, a flight test of the Sarmat ICBM, scheduled to take place between 19 and 23 September 2024 ended in failure,” wrote Pavel Podvig, an analyst based in Geneva, who runs the Russian Nuclear Forces project, in a blog post analyzing the images. “The character of destruction suggests that the missile exploded in the silo.”...
The Sarmat is Russia’s most modern ICBM and has been referred to by lawmakers in threats against the West. In response to calls from European leaders to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of long-range strikes on Russian territory, Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of Russia’s State Duma, the lower house of parliament, threatened last week to use the Sarmats in retaliation.
George Barros who works with Institute for the Study of War posted the photos on X.
A large crater (approximately 62 meters wide) is visible at the launch silo and extensive damage in and around the launch pad can be seen which suggests that the missile exploded shortly after ignition or launch.
pic.twitter.com/2a4l7YWf3m— George Barros (@georgewbarros) September 22, 2024
He argued the failure was effectively a PR win for Ukraine as it probably preempted another round of doomerism.
... in which the usual suspects who inadvertently and otherwise advance Russian information operations would use propaganda based around a successful ICBM launch to argue that we must effectively capitulate and force Ukraine into premature negotiations.— George Barros (@georgewbarros) September 22, 2024
Thus far there have been five tests of the new ICBM, four of which have failed.
This is the fourth unsuccessful attempt to test this new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
The only successful test of the Sarmat missile took place on April 20, 2022.
A Russian site reported on Telegram that there have actually been six failed tests in the past year. In addition to the failed tests of the Satan II missile there was also a failed test of the Poseidon nuclear torpedo which reportedly failed to operate and sank after being launched from a sub.
John Sexton has got to be one of the DUMBEST mofos on the planet.
John Sexton is going into my "Dumb Mofos" files. What a dumbass.
I thank you for posting articles about what the brain-damaged geopolitical retards “think”.
Just a ‘gas station with nukes’ again. Built from washing machines and other lazy Russian tropes.
Russia has a history of this sort of deception. Paperboard villages enjoy a long tradition.
Regards,
Plutonium should be renamed Demonratnium since Demonrats can’t seem to remember mushroom clouds kill mostly Demonrats.
Maybe change the name.
Meanwhile back in the USA, we have Astronauts stranded on the ISS for months because Boeing can’t seem to get the capsules sealed properly, requiring a private space company to rescue them, whose owner is being targeted by the very government that needs his services to save two astronauts.
[Maybe change the name.]
The name “Satan II” (basically) comes from the NATO Byeman control system - created by America’s CIA
No doubt this is a follow-on to the original “Satan” which was the NATO name given to the Russian SS-18.
“The R-36 (Russian: Р-36) is a family of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and space launch vehicles (Tsyklon) designed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The original R-36 was deployed under the GRAU index 8K67 and was given the NATO reporting name SS-9 Scarp. It was able to carry three warheads and was the first Soviet MRV (multiple re-entry vehicle) missile.[4] The later version, the R-36M, also known as RS20, was produced under the GRAU designations 15A14 and 15A18 and was given the NATO reporting name SS-18 Satan.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-36_(missile)#R-36M_(SS-18)
The RS-28 Sarmat (Russian: РС-28 Сармат,[8] named after the Sarmatians;[9] NATO reporting name: SS-X-29[10] or SS-X-30[11]), often colloquially referred to as Satan II by media outlets
The BYEMAN Control System, or simply BYEMAN (designated BYE, or B), was a security control system put in place to protect information about the National Reconnaissance Office and its operations.
The BYEMAN Control System (BCS) was put in place in 1961 by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Byeman Control System
Retirement
By order of the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), BYEMAN was retired on 20 May 2005.[5] Most information held within the BCS was transitioned into the Talent Keyhole Control System.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byeman_Control_System
Byeman control system is where you get various names for Russian fighter-bomber aircraft
(Examples from a ways back)
“F” - Fighter designations
Hope my memory is working lol
MiG-21 Fishbed
MiG-25 Foxbat
MiG-31 Foxhound
MiG-23 Flogger
Su-24 Fencer
“B” - Bomber designations
Tu-95 Bear
Tu-160 Blackjack
Tu-22 Backfire
“H” - Helicopter designations
Kamov KA-50 Hokum or Hokum A
Kamov KA-52 Hokum B
Mi-24 Hind
Don’t forget the MIG-15 Fagot.
Yes
And the MIG-17 Fresco
Been awhile had to look it up again
This is what Randy Duke Cunningham and Willie Irish Driscoll fought in their F-4 Phantom II which looked nothing like the original Phantom
The Fresco was hit by one of their missiles
During egress they were hit by an SA-5 explosion 💥💥💥 which shredded their hydraulic systems and set the aircraft ablaze 🔥🔥🔥
A ping to PukinDog but he’s not allowed to post anything
I think SA-5
1 out of 6 nuc delivery systems work.
That is still a bad day for the team that is receiving.
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Too bad we pissed off the Russians so much that they won’t give us a lift home on their Soyuz. I guess we will just have to walk back.
The later version, the R-36M, also known as RS20, was produced under the GRAU designations 15A14 and 15A18 and was given the NATO reporting name SS-18 Satan.”
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Liquid fueled engine, fuel made in Ukraine. Had to be replaced.
1 out of 6 nuc delivery systems work.
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inside information or just a guess?
Was that the plane that preferred missiles up the tailpipe?
The Russians never “gave” us anything on Soyuz. They charged, per seat, something 2x what it costs to ride SpaceX.
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