Footage of Satan 2 test launches
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Footage of Satan 2 test launches
I take it the first stage is just a lift motor to get it out of the silo, interesting way of discarding it though, presumably to stop it re-entering the silo?
Test-launch footage of Russian ballistic missile Satan 2 - BBC News
Test-launch footage of Russian ballistic missile Satan 2 - BBC News
Or did it just break?
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"Late fruit" of the US withdrawal from the 1972 ABM treaty in 2001 .....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-B...Missile_Treaty
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That had crossed my mind too, but I suppose you would have a hard time convincing the silo crew to launch in the knowledge It would toast them as it departs.
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Given the locations are in the open, I reckon they buy themselves about 60 mins of extra life - or perhaps a lot less if the other side launches first!
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Think bigger and wider.
One of the previous ICBMs - P-36M (in Russian classification) or SS-18 "Satan" (in US classification) was successfully used as a satellite launcher tens of times in the previous 15-20 years. Hopefully it will be the same with new generations, thus safety of the launch facility is an important issue.
One of the previous ICBMs - P-36M (in Russian classification) or SS-18 "Satan" (in US classification) was successfully used as a satellite launcher tens of times in the previous 15-20 years. Hopefully it will be the same with new generations, thus safety of the launch facility is an important issue.
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Think bigger and wider.
One of the previous ICBMs - P-36M (in Russian classification) or SS-18 "Satan" (in US classification) was successfully used as a satellite launcher tens of times in the previous 15-20 years. Hopefully it will be the same with new generations, thus safety of the launch facility is an important issue.
One of the previous ICBMs - P-36M (in Russian classification) or SS-18 "Satan" (in US classification) was successfully used as a satellite launcher tens of times in the previous 15-20 years. Hopefully it will be the same with new generations, thus safety of the launch facility is an important issue.
Safety of the launch facility is to put it in simple terms, a moot point.
It is the dickheads that run the world that need to open their eyes and realise that buried in their concrete bunkers it soon becomes their grave. The likes of Putin, Trump would soon become the commanders of nought and their intransigence and bullheadedness will lead to their own pathetic ends. Ramping up Nuclear capability is not just stupid but a disaster waiting to happen.
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NutLoose,
Totally agree with your emotional words about ***heads. Clearly remembering the Cold War years, it seems to me that current politicians are even more irresponsible than old vegetables on two legs we were condemning at that time.
However, my previous point was just about dual-purpose of the rocket, a pure technical issue.
Totally agree with your emotional words about ***heads. Clearly remembering the Cold War years, it seems to me that current politicians are even more irresponsible than old vegetables on two legs we were condemning at that time.
However, my previous point was just about dual-purpose of the rocket, a pure technical issue.
Seems a thoroughly sensible & elegant means of getting the gas generator out of the way of both silo and weapon.
I'm a little surprised that no - one has commented on the alleged capabilities of the RS-28 as yet, though.
I'm a little surprised that no - one has commented on the alleged capabilities of the RS-28 as yet, though.