3M30 aka D-19M Bulava

[flateric]

Some declassified Bulava tests footage from Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering (MIT) jubilee documentary

 

[flateric]

Bulava launch from surface

 

[flateric]

Here goes fire, fire and fire little bit more...

 

[Pit]

Is not 3M14, LACM Club family? ???

Nice pics!.

 

[flateric]

OK, I've seen this designation as well - 3M30 for Bulava-30. So far www.fas.org uses 3M14. Why, while they are from Club/Club-M series? Dunno. Here these tiny numbers can cause a big problems, so I'd better use internet-spreaded ones.

 

[Hanse]

OK, I've seen this designation as well - 3M30 for Bulava-30. So far www.fas.org uses 3M14. Why, while they are from Club/Club-M series? Dunno. Here these tiny numbers can cause a big problems, so I'd better use internet-spreaded ones.

These three are D-5s. ???

 

[flateric]

That's is Russian TV news feed us with so far - this channel (RTR-Vesti) can be think of as BBC World analog)))
Text at the bottom of the screen says: "Bulava Success"
Editor needs a spare brain - he or she was just lazy to google for the pic. But, you must confirm, that Trident launch is much more spectacular on this photo, so viewers will like it)

 

[Jenci]

Dear Flateric,
Where did you get this beautiful documentary? Was it aired on TV? Is it downloadable? ???
Thanks in advance!

 

[Tuomasn]

The SS-NX-30 designation refers to the 3M14 Kalibr land-attack cruise missile. I don't think Bulava has received a Western designation yet, or at least it has not been published.

 

[flateric]

Dear Flateric,
Where did you get this beautiful documentary? Was it aired on TV? Is it downloadable? ???
Thanks in advance!

It was downloaded from one of closed-group Russian torrents. It was never aired to my knowledge.

 

[Jenci]

Can you tell us the proper name of the video?

 

[flateric]

"MIT-60 years at strategic direction" (МИТ - 60 лет на стратегическом направлении)

 

[SOC]

The SS-NX-30 designation refers to the 3M14 Kalibr land-attack cruise missile. I don't think Bulava has received a Western designation yet, or at least it has not been published.

Correct! SS-NX-30A is the 3M14, while SS-NX-30B is the export 3M14E. The designators I have for Bulava are 3M30 and D-19M.

 

[flateric]

Topic renamed according to SOC information.

 

[flateric]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkKPDSICMQQ

 

[mz]

Norwegians were seeing some strange spirals in the twilight sky of the northern winter today. Turns out they were the contrails of a failed Bulava test, according to a Norwegian newspaper.
More:
Pictures:
http://www.altaposten.no/lokalt/bildeserie/article316447.ece?imageIndex=0#pageTop
Video:
http://www.vgtv.no/?id=27559&category=1
Claims that Russian officials have confirmed a failed missile launch (they were training in the area):
http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/utenriks/-det-var-en-mislykket-rakettutskytning-fra-ubaat-3052536.html

Originally all found on nasaspaceflight.com:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=19759

This doesn't look good for the Russian strategic missile programs.

 

[flateric]

15 MIRVs on Bulava (yes, it'a a Fools' Day Joke)
http://dimmi-tomsk.livejournal.com/83968.html