长春净月自然博物馆:2 Intercontinental Missile Tests Conducted - Russia Successful, US Failed.

来源:百度文库 编辑:九乡新闻网 时间:2024/04/28 09:40:08

2 Intercontinental Missile Tests Conducted - Russia Successful, US Failed.

Whether it is coincidentally or deliberatly, the two space giants - Russia and US - simultaneously had their intercontinental strategic ballastic missile tested - with Russian one get the third successful test for its country, and the US one brought back the second failture to its homeland, although "suicide" detroyed itself immediately. One question is important - Is it another new round of space race? Or just another coincidence?



qingzhou2.jpg (68.66 KB)
2011-7-30 13:02


  • Immediately after failed launch, US Minuteman III automatically destroyed itself within just 5 minutes

  • For US, it is the second failure within about just one month

    • It is the third time that Russian military got the successful test



    US:Test launch of Minuteman III failed


    US.jpg (49.11 KB)
    2011-7-30 13:02


    A test launch of  the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile failed on Wednesday, Col. Matthew Carroll, the 30th Space Wing chief of safety reported saying that it was destroyed five minutes after it flew out of a  silo at the Vandenberg base in California due to a glitch.


    The US has 500 such rockers with 1,2000 nuclear warheads.


    The press service of the U.S. Air Force. Start "Minuteman" was carried out without warheads Air Force Base, "Vandenberg," at 3:01 am July 27 local time.


    In the sixth minute of test specialists have found that the rocket flies to the deviation from the specified parameters.


    In order to avoid the consequences of the missile was destroyed over the Pacific Ocean near Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, said Associated Press. What caused the malfunction of the rocket, yet to be established.


    qingzhou.jpg (136.75 KB)
    2011-7-30 13:02

    Russian  inter-continental ballistic Sineva missile Sineva

    The Air Force emphasized that the staff acted in strict accordance with the instructions. In recent weeks, this is the second launch of the missile Minuteman III of the mines on the basis of "Vandenberg," accompanied by a technical problem.


    June 22 was on the launch pad, "Minuteman" was unable to take the team to start communication with the aircraft Boeing E-6 Mercury, and finally a rocket had to run the command from the ground.


    Despite the problems, "Minuteman" hit the target for all of the same atoll Kwajalein. Minuteman III (full name – LGM-30G Minuteman-III) – the only ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile basing, in service with the U.S. at the moment.


    According to data from public sources, the U.S. Air Force have 500 missiles of this family with 550 nuclear warheads. Alert "Minuteman" are at bases in North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana. The last few years, Minuteman III being overhauled. In this regard, the Air Force United States regularly tested.


    Russia successfully tests submarine-launched Sineva missile


    russia.jpg (57.3 KB)
    2011-7-30 13:02


    Russia successfully fired an inter-continental ballistic Sineva missile Sineva in the Barents Sea on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said.


    The ICBM launch was carried out on the Northern Fleet's Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine in an underwater position and hit a target in the northeastern Kamchatka Peninsula as planned, the ministry said.


    This was the third test of the three-stage Sineva ICBM this year after two previous successful launches in the spring.


    The Sineva, which is a liquid-propellant missile with a maximum range of over 10,000 km and can carry four to 10 nuclear warheads, has been in Russian Navy service since July 2007.


    Every Yekaterinburg submarine carries 16 Sineva missiles. The Sineva will remain Russia's principal ICBM for sea deployment until 2030.



    Xinhua/Voice of Russia/AP