September 9, 2006
THE PRIOR GENERATIONS WERE NO BETTER:
Russian ICBM test ends in premature splashdown (Lester Haines, 8th September 2006, The Register)
A test launch of a next-generation, submarine-launched Russian ICBM ended in failure yesterday when the missile crashed into the White Sea shortly after launch, news agency Novosti reports.Posted by Orrin Judd at September 9, 2006 2:21 PMThe Bulava was fired from Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarine the Dmitry Donskoi. Russian navy spokesman Igor Dygalo confirmed the failure of the test, admitting: "A failure in the testing program of the Bulava missile occurred during the second stage of the test. A special commission will conduct a detailed investigation into the cause of the incident to eliminate it during further stages of the test program after the vessel returns to base."
"Premature splashdown"
"Russian child rate well below replacement rate"
Connection?
Posted by: AWW at September 9, 2006 3:47 PMWhy bother? By the time they get the things to work American ballistic missile intercepters will have made it largely irrelavent.
Posted by: lebeaux at September 9, 2006 8:26 PMI guess those Soyuz rockets never work either, do they.
Posted by: Jeff Guinn at September 9, 2006 9:29 PMNo one doubts German engineering.
Posted by: oj at September 9, 2006 9:45 PMHeh.
Posted by: Mike Beversluis at September 9, 2006 10:36 PM