Bloomberg: US denies data on Russian ICBM test during Biden's visit to KyivFebruary 22, 2023, 12:37 pm - Public News Service - OSNAccording to Bloomberg, the United States denied the information that Russia allegedly tested an intercontinental ballistic missile at a time when US President Joe Biden was in Kiev.Earlier, CNN, citing sources, informed that Russia allegedly tested ICBMs during Biden's visit to Ukraine.“Russia did not test ICBMs while Biden was in Kyiv,” a US official was quoted by Bloomberg as saying.Recall, on February 24, Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military special operation in Ukraine.Meanwhile, retired General Andrey Gurulev expressed confidence that the suspension of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty "won't raise any questions." In his opinion, Russia cannot have any agreements with the United States .
https://www.osnmedia.ru/world/bloomberg-v-ssha-oprovergli-dannye-ob-ispytanii-rf-mbr-vo-vremya-vizita-bajdena-v-kiev/QuoteBloomberg: US denies data on Russian ICBM test during Biden's visit to KyivFebruary 22, 2023, 12:37 pm - Public News Service - OSNAccording to Bloomberg, the United States denied the information that Russia allegedly tested an intercontinental ballistic missile at a time when US President Joe Biden was in Kiev.Earlier, CNN, citing sources, informed that Russia allegedly tested ICBMs during Biden's visit to Ukraine.“Russia did not test ICBMs while Biden was in Kyiv,” a US official was quoted by Bloomberg as saying.Recall, on February 24, Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military special operation in Ukraine.Meanwhile, retired General Andrey Gurulev expressed confidence that the suspension of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty "won't raise any questions." In his opinion, Russia cannot have any agreements with the United States .I am unable to find the Bloomberg article which is the source for the above. Can anybody find and post it here?
Quote from: owais.usmani on 02/22/2023 03:42 pmhttps://www.osnmedia.ru/world/bloomberg-v-ssha-oprovergli-dannye-ob-ispytanii-rf-mbr-vo-vremya-vizita-bajdena-v-kiev/QuoteBloomberg: US denies data on Russian ICBM test during Biden's visit to KyivFebruary 22, 2023, 12:37 pm - Public News Service - OSNAccording to Bloomberg, the United States denied the information that Russia allegedly tested an intercontinental ballistic missile at a time when US President Joe Biden was in Kiev.Earlier, CNN, citing sources, informed that Russia allegedly tested ICBMs during Biden's visit to Ukraine.“Russia did not test ICBMs while Biden was in Kyiv,” a US official was quoted by Bloomberg as saying.Recall, on February 24, Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military special operation in Ukraine.Meanwhile, retired General Andrey Gurulev expressed confidence that the suspension of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty "won't raise any questions." In his opinion, Russia cannot have any agreements with the United States .I am unable to find the Bloomberg article which is the source for the above. Can anybody find and post it here?It was part of a live update page for February 22, 2023 (today). Link may not work after today.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-22/ukraine-latest-biden-to-meet-east-european-leaders-backing-kyivNo Russian ICBM Test While Biden Was in Kyiv: US Official (8:15 a.m.)There was no intercontinental ballistic missile test by Russia while Biden was in Kyiv, according to a US defense official. The US was properly notified before Biden’s visit to Kyiv was public. Russia provided advance notice of this launch under its New START treaty obligations that it planned to test this missile, the official said. Such testing is routine and was not a surprise and the US did not deem the test a threat to it or its allies, the official added.CNN reported earlier that Russia conducted an ICBM test while Biden was in Ukraine on Monday that appears to have failed, citing two unnamed US officials familiar with the matter.
I'm confused.If there was no missile test, than what what the notice about?
Some local (near Plesetsk cosmodrome) realised pics of a missile launch track. They approve there was an impact at 12.50 (09.50 UTC) on 18 Feb. Some observers expected Sarmat ICBM launch on 17-25.https://29.ru/text/gorod/2023/02/20/72073313/
Maxar collected new high-resolution satellite imagery yesterday (September 21st) that reveals the aftermath of a dramatic launch failure of a Russian RS-28 ICBM at a launch site in the Plesetsk cosmodrome. 📷@MaxarLaunch site before vs after
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.
I read this was a test failure and that the RS-28 has had only one successful test (last year) out of four or five to date. Brings into question Russia’s ability to replace the Satan, the last variant of which is over 35 years old, although I think there’s only 40-50 left.I wonder the degree to which these failures are specific to the RS-28 test program or symptomatic of problems throughout Russia’s nuclear forces. It’s one thing if we cross a red line for Putin and he pops off a couple to make a point. We know how to respond to that. It’s another if we know he ordered a nuclear launch but it didn’t go off, either because of a technical failure like this or because the chain of command refused to carry out the order. I don’t think we know how to respond to that intel...
Endemic corruption and nepotism, made worse by sanctions related to the war with Ukraine ? Also russian rocket industry unable to train a young generation of rocket scientists. Such issues have plagued the civilian rocket industry for at least 20 years (Phobos-Grunt, cough). No surprise the rot extend to military rocketry.
Russian scientists Alexander Shipliouk, Anatoly Maslov, and Valery Zvegintsev have more in common than just their roles as leading physicists in hypersonic missile development, one of their country’s technological strengths.In recent months, all three men have been accused of high treason and detained by Russian authorities. On September 3, a Moscow court sentenced Shipliouk, the former director of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ITAM) in Siberia, to 15 years in a high-security prison. The closed-door trial found him guilty of sharing “classified information” at a scientific conference in China in 2017. Shipliouk claims that the data he presented was already in the public domain.His colleague at ITAM, 78-year-old Maslov, who specialises in hypersonic flight, used the same argument after being sentenced to 14 years in prison in May. He too was charged with treason for passing on sensitive information during trips overseas.Meanwhile, Zvegintsev, another hypersonic expert from the same institute, was arrested last spring and remains in pre-trial detention. Russian authorities only confirmed his arrest after a group of Russian scientists publicly expressed concern for their colleagues in an open letter published last May.
Well this is interesting. The Russians actually produced an environmental impact statement on what would happen if they blew one up in the silo. I may post some more later, but you can look yourself.https://x.com/M51_4ever/status/1838506557878702274
Is it fueled while in the silo, rather than fuelled at the factory or base depot before installation into the silo?
Is it fueled while in the silo, rather than fueled at the factory or base depot before installation into the silo?
For liquid fuelled rockets, it makes no sense to fuel it at the factory, as that increases the danger during transport, especially with toxic propellants that could leak while horizontal.
