Comments on: Bulava SLBM Fails…Again http://blog.usni.org/2009/07/29/bulava-slbm-fails-again/ The Naval Institute’s taken its independent forum to a new level - with you in the middle of it. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:16:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Is America About to Be Overrun by the Chinese/Russians/Anybody? | Think Tank West http://blog.usni.org/2009/07/29/bulava-slbm-fails-again/comment-page-1/#comment-195207 Is America About to Be Overrun by the Chinese/Russians/Anybody? | Think Tank West Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:46:52 +0000 http://blog.usni.org/?p=3865#comment-195207 [...] emerged that could help lower our pulse a little.  The folks over at the U.S. Naval Institute blog point to the sixth failure of the latest Russian SLBM technology, snarkily observing that “generally speaking, the preferred direction for a ballistic [...] [...] emerged that could help lower our pulse a little.  The folks over at the U.S. Naval Institute blog point to the sixth failure of the latest Russian SLBM technology, snarkily observing that “generally speaking, the preferred direction for a ballistic [...]

]]> By: stephen russell http://blog.usni.org/2009/07/29/bulava-slbm-fails-again/comment-page-1/#comment-131320 stephen russell Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:09:26 +0000 http://blog.usni.org/?p=3865#comment-131320 Good ol Russia Tech gone awry, save thier vodka production. No threat here? Overworked Cold War sub tech since 1990s? Or is this a ruse? Good ol Russia Tech gone awry, save thier vodka production.
No threat here?
Overworked Cold War sub tech since 1990s?
Or is this a ruse?

]]> By: Benjamin Walthrop http://blog.usni.org/2009/07/29/bulava-slbm-fails-again/comment-page-1/#comment-131317 Benjamin Walthrop Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:33:03 +0000 http://blog.usni.org/?p=3865#comment-131317 Jim, Too soon. Like their philosophy or not, sailors probably unnecessarily perished with the Kursk because of Russian reluctance to request assistance. Fortunately the same mistake was not made during the entanglement of the Priz (AS-28). BZ to the UK Remora Submarine rescue professionals. BZ to the Russians for sending up a red star cluster. V/R, Jim,

Too soon. Like their philosophy or not, sailors probably unnecessarily perished with the Kursk because of Russian reluctance to request assistance. Fortunately the same mistake was not made during the entanglement of the Priz (AS-28). BZ to the UK Remora Submarine rescue professionals. BZ to the Russians for sending up a red star cluster.

V/R,

]]> By: Jim http://blog.usni.org/2009/07/29/bulava-slbm-fails-again/comment-page-1/#comment-131267 Jim Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:15:24 +0000 http://blog.usni.org/?p=3865#comment-131267 Still not as good as they day they sank their own sub. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_Kursk_explosion (too soon?) Still not as good as they day they sank their own sub.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_Kursk_explosion

(too soon?)

]]> By: Dagpotter http://blog.usni.org/2009/07/29/bulava-slbm-fails-again/comment-page-1/#comment-131264 Dagpotter Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:10:47 +0000 http://blog.usni.org/?p=3865#comment-131264 It is a Nanuchka and it looks like a SS-N-9. Of course those are the NATO names and God knows what the Russians call them now. It is not a SLBM launch, but a SSM. It is a Nanuchka and it looks like a SS-N-9. Of course those are the NATO names and God knows what the Russians call them now. It is not a SLBM launch, but a SSM.

]]> By: SteelJaw http://blog.usni.org/2009/07/29/bulava-slbm-fails-again/comment-page-1/#comment-131242 SteelJaw Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:45:21 +0000 http://blog.usni.org/?p=3865#comment-131242 Blowing up (hmm, poor choice of words considering the subject - maybe <i>expanding</i>?)the picture, I'm thinking maybe a Ropucha LST? If so, and unless there was then some special rig for a test launch (not entirely implausible as SLBMs have been tested from specially fitted barges in the past) me thinks maybe the subject picture provided by Ria Novosti was wrong (wouldn't be the first either). OTOH, it *was* a first stage failure and fairly soon after launch... - SJS Blowing up (hmm, poor choice of words considering the subject – maybe expanding?)the picture, I’m thinking maybe a Ropucha LST? If so, and unless there was then some special rig for a test launch (not entirely implausible as SLBMs have been tested from specially fitted barges in the past) me thinks maybe the subject picture provided by Ria Novosti was wrong (wouldn’t be the first either). OTOH, it *was* a first stage failure and fairly soon after launch…
- SJS

]]> By: Nick http://blog.usni.org/2009/07/29/bulava-slbm-fails-again/comment-page-1/#comment-131229 Nick Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:18:32 +0000 http://blog.usni.org/?p=3865#comment-131229 What kind of ship is in the pic? I thought it might be an Osa, but the superstructure looks too substantial. What kind of ship is in the pic? I thought it might be an Osa, but the superstructure looks too substantial.

]]> By: Jim Dolbow http://blog.usni.org/2009/07/29/bulava-slbm-fails-again/comment-page-1/#comment-131227 Jim Dolbow Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:08:57 +0000 http://blog.usni.org/?p=3865#comment-131227 thanks for sharing the good news SJS thanks for sharing the good news SJS

]]> By: UltimaRatioReg http://blog.usni.org/2009/07/29/bulava-slbm-fails-again/comment-page-1/#comment-131159 UltimaRatioReg Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:26:20 +0000 http://blog.usni.org/?p=3865#comment-131159 One thing about the Rooskies, though. They're persistent. They will get this thing to work if they have to kill all the pro-Western ethnic minorities to do it.... One thing about the Rooskies, though. They’re persistent. They will get this thing to work if they have to kill all the pro-Western ethnic minorities to do it….

]]> By: CDR Salamander http://blog.usni.org/2009/07/29/bulava-slbm-fails-again/comment-page-1/#comment-131081 CDR Salamander Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:03:29 +0000 http://blog.usni.org/?p=3865#comment-131081 Maybe we could send Prime Minister Putin a <a href="http://www.bulova.com/" rel="nofollow">Bulova</a> with a note saying, "Just change a vowel and it will work." Maybe we could send Prime Minister Putin a Bulova with a note saying, “Just change a vowel and it will work.”

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