Major ICBM drill over the Arctic

[Ryan Ruck]

Major ICBM drill over the Arctic

10/27/2010

Russia prepares to test launch several intercontinental ballistic missiles over the Arctic the next couple of days.

On Thursday the Russian navy will launch intercontinental missiles of the Sineva class from nuclear submarines in the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific, a military source told Interfax. At the same time there will be launches from strategic missile complexes based on land.

According to the source, the U.S. has been informed about the test launches, in accordance with existing agreements.

The last time a Sineva missile was launched from Arctic waters, was in August this year, when the Northern Fleet’s Delta IV class nuclear powered submarine “Tula” launched two ballistic missiles from the Barents Sea to the Kamchatka Peninsula, as BarentsObserver reported. Also the Northern Fleet’s Delta IV class submarine ”Yekaterinburg” has been used for launching Sineva missiles from the Barents Sea. Which of the six Delta IV subs belonging to the North Fleet that are going to launch missiles on Thursday, remains unknown.

The training will involve various components of offensive and defensive strategic weapons. Also the preparedness of space and ground echelons of missile warning systems and the anti-missile defense will be tested, said Interfax’ source.

The next day, on Friday, Russia plans to test launch another one of its brand new sub-launched ballistic missiles of the Bulava class. The launch will probably be conducted from the rebuilt Typhoon-class nuclear submarine “Dmitry Donskoy”, the only sub so far to launch the hi-tech ballistic missile. It has earlier been said that if the next test is a success, the planned third test launch this year could be conducted from the submarine “Yury Dolgoruky”, the first of Russia’s fourth generation strategic Borey-class subs.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010
WW4 File: Russian Strategic Missile Forces, subs test-launch Topol ICBMs, Sineva SLBMs, target Kamchatka; Bulava successfully launched


- Russian Air Force Carries Out Concurrent Large-Scale Cruise Missile Test Near Ural Mountains

The Soviet strategists, even as they hold out the promise of cooperation with NATO, continue to prepare for war with the West in the latest round of test launches of ICBMs and SLBMs. Red China's state media reports that the Russian Armed Forces launched three strategic missiles on Thursday, one from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia and two from submarines in the submerged position.

The Russian Strategic Missile Forces launched a Topol-M ICBM at 01:59 p.m. Moscow time (0759 GMT). The RS-12M's warhead successfully hit a target in the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Far East Russia, 20 minutes later. The test launch confirmed the missile's performance after extending its service life. The Topol-M has a range of about 11,000 kilometers and can reportedly penetrate any current and future US missile shield defense.

Meanwhile, the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet test fired an RSM-50 SLBM from the ballistic missile submarine K-433 St. George the Victorious, then prowling about the Sea of Okhotsk. The RSM-50, flying in the opposite direction as the Topol-M, struck a target in the Chizha testing ground, near Arkhangelsk. Russia's Northern Fleet also test launched a Sineva ICBM from the K-117 Bryansk submarine in the Bering Sea, successfully hitting a target at the Kura range in Kamchatka.

On Friday, Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin announced that a Bulava SLBM was launched from the submarine Dmitry Donskoy and successfully reached its target at Kura. The new Bulava missile has had a troubled history of failed tests.

In addition to testing new and old ICBMs and SLBMs, the Russian Air Force carried out a large-scale cruise missile test at the Pemboi testing site in the Urals republic of Komi. During the aviation exercise, air crews flying Tu-160, Tu-95MS, and Tu-22M3 bombers refined their skills in aerial refueling and interacting with support planes. About 50 aircraft supported the bombers, including MiG-31 interceptors, Su- 27SM fighters, Beriev A-50 Shmel airborne warning and control systems aircraft, and Il-78 aerial refueling tankers.