Russian Strategic Missile Forces test launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from the Kapustin Yar test site

The Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Armed Forces tested an intercontinental ballistic missile; an ICBM was launched from the Kapustin Yar test site. This is stated in a statement from the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

The Russian Strategic Missile Forces conducted a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile of a mobile ground-based missile system (PGRK). As explained in the military department, the launch was carried out as part of testing a promising missile system that is being developed for the Russian Strategic Missile Forces, as well as to confirm the stability of missiles already in service. As emphasized, the launch was considered successful.

On April 12, 2024, from the 4th State Central Interservice Range Kapustin Yar in the Astrakhan Region, a combat crew of the Strategic Missile Forces successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile of a mobile ground missile system

- said in a statement.

The Ministry of Defense clarified that as part of this launch, the high reliability of Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles was confirmed.

This launch was carried out as part of state testing of promising missile systems, as well as confirmation of the stability of missiles in service. Other launch details have not been disclosed.

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[tralflot1832]

The RF Ministry of Defense may intrigue Western “partners”. What was it - Yars is not mentioned and where did they shoot? The best support for our position in the UN. Look, there will be 40 space launches by the end of the year, announced by Borisov.

[vasyliy1]

Well done Strategic Missile Forces - this is a good club for former partners and will always keep them on their toes!

[Enceladus]

Jellyfish is not typical for existing...

[cpls22]

Quote from Enceladus

Jellyfish is not typical for existing...

The photo above looks like a sperm.

[tralflot1832]

The question arises as to how the residents of Iraq, and especially Israel, could see the launch. The Military Observer has a video.

[Enceladus]

And what is the minus for? In general, I said, I saw the launches and this is clearly not ours
Here the trail winds - you can see the work of positioning by the engine thrust vector

[bayard]

Quote from Enceladus

Jellyfish is not typical for existing...

"Medusa" is typical for missiles launched along a flat trajectory. This is how “Liner” and “Sineva” fly, this is how the flight of “Trident-2” looks like on a flat trajectory.

Quote from Enceladus

Here the trail winds - you can see the work of positioning by the engine thrust vector

Such a wake may be a consequence of multidirectional winds at different levels. This was sometimes observed during missile launches against high-altitude targets.
Minus is not mine.

[Enceladus]

Well, the jellyfish itself is when it launches at dawn or sunset, when the light is almost perpendicular to the rocket’s trajectory.

I know about the echelons. In principle, this is not some kind of secret. It’s just that all the launches that I saw were clear (68545) and at the bike track there was a cosmodrome - and there the air is very dry and quite stable in altitude, so they built it there partly because of this.

[bayard]

But I wrote a comment after watching only one short story about the flight of this incomprehensible object. Having looked especially at those either from the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, or from the Caucasian coast... I doubted the normality of even a controlled flight. The rocket was spinning painfully, and it looked like it was the second stage that was spinning. And this happens when a nozzle burns out or another similar engine defect. In any case, there was definitely no reasonable sense in such maneuvering in the initial/middle part of the trajectory. This can be justified when approaching a target in order to evade missile defense missiles... On the other hand, if after such pirouettes and maneuvers it managed to fly to the Kura River and hit the target... it generally looks fantastic.
But it could also be a heavy hypersonic vehicle with a main ramjet engine... then this could be a test of the vehicle’s maneuverability over the interior of the country, followed by a flight to the target. And the first stage of the Yars could act as an accelerating booster. Then it is clear why a training ground in the center of the country was chosen for the start.
In any case, if after SUCH a show the rocket flew to Kura and hit the target, it is simply amazing.

[Enceladus]

In general, in one word... but it was interesting. Rocketeers are not steadfast tin soldiers either. Just kidding of course. We will wait for official releases, so to speak.

[bayard]

Credit photo.

And yes, the comment is too short and does not convey anything.

[swan49]

Where did you read that you flew to Kura? But I agree with the version of testing the maneuverability of a certain device.

[Piramidon]

Quote: tralflot1832

The question arises: how could the people of Iraq, and especially Israel, see the launch?

Where does the information come from that they saw him? Everywhere there are footage of the launch sent from Astrakhan and Volgograd.

[alystan]

Podolyaka writes:

Oddities of today's rocket launch from Kapustin Yar...

The main oddity is the flight path of its warhead.

Let's watch the video (it's the first one here), which I posted in the last post on the topic. What's interesting here? The rocket trail itself is not interesting. Interesting above. In the sky you can see how the part that separated from the first stage of the rocket, turning on its engine, began to make very non-ballistic turns.

And, These same turns were seen not only near the launch site, but also in the Urals and beyond the Urals (Ekaterinburg). And also... in Dagestan and even in Iran at the southern tip of the Caspian Sea. I have indicated approximate sighted flight locations of the warhead missile (on the map).

Very interesting “geography” don’t you think? That is, this is definitely not the flight of a conventional warhead of a conventional ICBM. And not even the maneuvering Avangard. Obviously, it made several very sharp turns and flew at least 7000 km “only in the visual observation zone in a populated area.”

And everywhere it resembled a “comet” maneuvering at a fairly high altitude (40-60 km) (in the last video, its maneuvers in the southern part of the Caspian Sea).

In general, we tested a very strange weapon today. And from the crumbs of information that are on the Internet, it seems that no one has anything similar.

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[bayard]

Quote: alystan

We tested a very strange weapon today.

Really strange... She maneuvered too quickly. And this is definitely not a ballistic trajectory. About the altitude of "40-60 km." ... at such an altitude only a main ramjet is capable of providing such a range. And especially such maneuvers. And this is something much larger and more powerful than Zircon.
However, there is intrigue.

[swan49]

Telegram channels have videos in which “viewers” ​​speak some foreign language. Due to the architectural background, 2-3 storey buildings of a cubic shape, channel administrators position them, some as Israeli, some as Arab, someone said that the northern regions of Iran. Since I don’t speak any of these languages, I can neither confirm nor deny the versions of the channels.

[Grim Reaper]

The question arises as to how the residents of Iraq, and especially Israel, could see the launch. The Military Observer has a video.
+ + +
While on duty, near Kustanay, I repeatedly saw “flying saucers”: Where is Kustanay, and where is Baikonur? Maybe they saw it in Israel...

[isv000]

Quote: tralflot1832

The question arises as to how the residents of Iraq, and especially Israel, could see the launch. The Military Observer has a video.

Whoever wanted to saw and heard, and whoever neglected will catch it to the fullest!

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: tralflot1832

The Russian Defense Ministry may intrigue Western "partners". What was it -

This launch, like all previous ones, was not a surprise for mattresses. Be that as it may, we still have a notification system for all our launches, so that the enemy does not perceive this as a likely strike on its territory.
However, even taking into account the notice, we have clearly demonstrated that our patience is not limitless and our capabilities are quite capable of delivering a guaranteed and crushing blow to the provocateur.

[tralflot1832]

Nyrobsky. This was not a surprise for the United States; the only thing left from START-3 was the “partner’s” warning about the launch.

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: tralflot1832

Nyrobsky. This was not a surprise for the United States; the only thing left from START-3 was the “partner’s” warning about the launch.

That's what I'm talking about. Today, only Kim Jong-un can afford to “go wild” with missiles in any assortment and without any equivocation, since he is not bound by any agreements on restrictions and warnings with anyone. Created and fried
His opponents groan, their cheeks puff, but they cannot prevent all his launches due to the fact that they stupidly do not know what can be opposed to this, since he does not violate anything because not limited by any agreements. North Korea did not sign anything.

[Enceladus]

Quote: tralflot1832

this is a "partner" warning about launch

Well, in this regard, yes, only the early warning system warns them... and we are aware of Kim’s parties

[swan49]

In fact, before each launch, Kim officially closes certain air and sea areas. And all the “interested parties” are sending their floating and flying reconnaissance officers to these areas. Why Japan declares every time that it “slept through everything” is unclear.

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: swan49

In fact, before each launch, Kim officially closes certain air and sea areas. And all the “interested parties” are sending their floating and flying reconnaissance officers to these areas. Why Japan declares every time that it “slept through everything” is unclear.

I was responding to the person who mentioned START-3 and simply meant that the DPRK is not at all bound by any treaties like the INF Treaty that limit Kim’s love for missiles, which, in fact, is what infuriates the mattresses and their sixes from Tokyo and Seoul.
But technically, yes, the DPRK, of course, also informs about upcoming launches. I do not argue.

[Clear]

but we still have a notification system for all our launches, so that the enemy does not perceive this as a likely strike on its territory.

How long before launch is notification given?

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Clear

How long before launch is notification given?

I don’t know, but in order to ensure that a missile launch by one of the parties is not perceived as an attack, the notification system works in both directions.
I don’t think that in this matter mattresses consider themselves immortal and do not notify Russia about their tests. It’s easier for them to set up one of their “forced” allies than to get caught themselves.

[cmax]

Well, they demonstrated it, by the way, not for the first time, what next? How will this affect the course of the SVO or the ongoing collection of volunteers for Mavics, Teplaks, night lights, tires for cars, camouflage nets for our guys on the front line. It would be better if they launched an analogue of Starlink for reliable communication.

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: cmax

Well, they demonstrated it, by the way, not for the first time, what next? How will this affect the course of the SVO?

This will not affect the course of the SVO in any way. This is rather a hint for our enemies that in some place their coherent plan to strangle Russia may be decisively changed not in their favor due to the fact that Russia does not agree with it, since they stirred it up without taking into account its interests.

Quote: cmax

or the ongoing collection of volunteers for Maviks, teplaks, night lights, tires for cars, camouflage nets for our guys on the front line.

How is this related to the launch of a rocket? The state ensures the development of the rocket, the state order and delivery to the troops, and people chip in money for what they consider necessary and possible, and without coercion. It was so during the USSR during the Second World War, and it is so now. Any listed ruble spent on the same Mavik or a first aid kit allows you to save a state ruble, which will be spent on the production of a missile that in the future will destroy the enemies of Russia, Banderlogs or mattresses, no matter. Are you participating in rubles yourself, or are you simply condemning the fees professionally?

Quote: cmax

It would be better if they launched an analogue of Starlink for reliable communication.

Well, here, of course, we are not at our best yet, but nevertheless, we are somehow getting out of it. Hohlodyatly are also not developers of this system, but only consumers. With the same success, you can blame the mattresses for the fact that Russia has hypersound, but they do not have it, and ask them the question - “How long will it take?” Everything is relative. In some things they are leaders, in some things we are leaders.

[former soldier]

not mentioned and where did they shoot? The best support for our position in the UN.

In June 2024 We can express our opinion about Zelensky’s “peace plan” for the conference in Switzerland in the same way.

[isv000]

Quote: tralflot1832

The RF Ministry of Defense may intrigue Western “partners”. What was it - Yars is not mentioned and where did they shoot?

Most of all I liked the joke of humor with the transfer of the Yars regiment to Moscow with the wording for preparing for the Parade, in early February...

[antivirus]

You can make a mistake and end up on an island. Or zaluzhnoe connected. Still testing

[Evgenijus]

After Yars, coming up with something new is no longer so relevant, because Yars is the latest technology. But about the head part for Yars - there are always new options. In principle, everything new comes down to the issue of overcoming enemy missile defense and increasing the accuracy of hitting the target.

[Rus_80]

[After Yars, coming up with something new is no longer so relevant, because Yars is the latest technology

Sorry, but what about RS-26 or 28 (I don’t remember) how is Sarmat designated? Isn't this a step forward compared to Yars? Or did I misunderstand you?

[Evgenijus]

Most likely, Yars and Sarmat cannot be compared. It's like in sports - a heavyweight and a light athlete. Judge for yourself - who did Sarmat replace in his post? Satan! Who did Yars replace? Just Poplar. Replacing a warhead in Sarmat is quite expensive and will take a longer period. Sarmat has a more cumbersome platform for breeding warheads than Yars. To develop such a new platform requires many years of work by many design bureaus.

[Rus_80]

I agree.



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[Sergey Valov]

It is necessary to constantly develop (invent) something new, if only in order not to lose the scientific school. And secondly, Yars is not a technology, but a rocket/missile system, that is, technology.
Increasing the accuracy and the ability to overcome missile defense is, of course, important, but there are a lot of other, no less important problems - reliability, efficiency, carrying capacity, manufacturability (cheap to manufacture), security...

[Evgenijus]

I don’t think they forgot about Sarmat...

[Rus_80]

At the end of last year, it was reported to the media that production had begun

[Piramidon]

Quote: Evgenijus

After Yars, coming up with something new is no longer so relevant, because Yars is the latest technology.

Apparently, the missile itself is not new, but the same Yars, most likely with a new or modernized guidance system. The article says

As explained in the military department, the launch was carried out as part of testing a promising missile system that is being developed for the Russian Strategic Missile Forces, and also to confirm the stability of missiles already in service.

That is, they experienced something new and confirmed something old.

[Poplar]

The launch was carried out as part of testing a promising missile system that is being developed for the Russian Strategic Missile Forces, as well as to confirm the stability of missiles already in service.

They wrapped it up like this normally: either they launched a new one, or an old one - it’s not clear. I think they cut off one step from the yars and got something new.

[Michael]

The concept of the notorious "Perimeter", which is not at all what they think about it!
The rockets are guaranteed to take off and, driven by inertial system gyroscopes and eight-bit processors carrying out astrocorrection, they will fly plus or minus a couple of kilometers. Well, the power of thermonuclear ammunition can be increased to planetary proportions. When the Tsar Bomb of 50 megatons was fired on Novaya Zemlya, it turned out that a good half of the shock wave flew into space completely unproductively. There were few satellites then)))).

[Clear]

The rockets are guaranteed to take off and, driven by inertial system gyroscopes and eight-bit processors carrying out astrocorrection, they will fly plus or minus a couple of kilometers

Mom is one! Exactly “The whole world is in ruins!”

[Michael]

Quote: Clear

"The whole world is in ruins!"

Complete and guaranteed mutual destruction is the military doctrine of the USSR. A disarming first strike is the dream of the United States.
That is why the USSR and, until recently, the Russian Federation were very far behind their partners in high-precision weapons.
And “stupid” intercontinental missiles, which do not need any external target designation, communication during the flight, but simply untwisted gyroscopes and a launch order.
The notorious “non-targeting” of missiles under the 1994 treaty is about this. The gyroscopes are “targeted” and spun up before launch. Targeting the gyroscopes allows the rocket to stay in the silo for decades and after five minutes of spin-up, fly to New York, for example, but if the gyroscopes are not aimed, then they will have to be aimed for a couple of hours or days.

[Victor Alien]

Good day everyone! As a person who did not serve (the military registration and enlistment office recommended service in the Strategic Missile Forces, but did not get conscripted) as a theory - what if a warhead in a strategic missile is replaced with a nuclear one with just iron with explosives and tests accuracy on tunnels and bridges on the border of Ukraine and Poland. Just use an explosive method to dig an anti-tank ditch, so to speak. Purely theoretically. And a little off topic - but drones cannot be launched using the method of controlling the first missiles on ATGMs - by wire. Still, the cable is more protected from interference. It’s easier to use a jammer for all wavelengths against a drone.

[Boa kaa]

Will the Strategic Missile Forces have a new PGRK? It's a good news!

[ave0123]

I quote Yuri Podolyak:
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Oddities of today's rocket launch:

The main oddity is the flight path of its warhead.

Let's watch the video. What's interesting here? The rocket trail itself is not interesting. Interesting above. In the sky you can see how the part that separated from the first stage of the rocket, turning on its engine, began to make very non-ballistic turns.

Moreover, these same turns were seen not only near the launch site, but also in the Urals and beyond the Urals (Ekaterinburg). And also... in Dagestan and even in Iran at the southern tip of the Caspian Sea. I have indicated approximate sighted flight locations of the warhead missile (on the map).

Don't find the "geography" very interesting. That is, this is definitely not the flight of a conventional warhead of a conventional ICBM. And not even the maneuvering Avangard. Obviously, it made several very sharp turns and flew at least 7000 km “only in the visual observation zone in a populated area.”

And everywhere it resembled a “comet” maneuvering at a fairly high altitude (40-60 km) (in the last video, its maneuvers in the southern part of the Caspian Sea).

In general, we tested a very strange weapon today. And from the crumbs of information that are on the Internet, it seems that no one has anything similar.

[Poplar]

Yes, very interesting. From the message from the Ministry of Defense I thought that ours were cutting out the RSD from the yars. And that's how it is. We are waiting for the continuation.
In general, of course, these are risky maneuvers: God forbid, there is some kind of malfunction, and I could fly off somewhere with very unpleasant consequences. Central Asia, the Caucasus, Iran, etc. would be unpleasantly surprised by such a greeting. I think it would be safer to conduct such tests in the north.

[former soldier]

Moreover, these same turns were seen not only near the launch site, but also in the Urals and beyond the Urals (Ekaterinburg). And also... in Dagestan and even in Iran at the southern tip of the Caspian Sea. I have indicated approximate sighted flight locations of the warhead missile (on the map).

Don't find the "geography" very interesting. That is, this is definitely not the flight of a conventional warhead of a conventional ICBM. And not even the maneuvering Avangard. Obviously, it made several very sharp turns and flew at least 7000 km “only in the visual observation zone in a populated area.”

And everywhere it resembled a “comet” maneuvering at a fairly high altitude (40-60 km) (in the last video, its maneuvers in the southern part of the Caspian Sea).

Such maneuvers are only possible if, after acceleration by the first stage, a ramjet engine is then used.

[Boa kaa]

Quote from: ave0123

The main oddity is the flight path of its warhead.

Speaking of birds! (with)
Where have our former pros gone!? I've had enough of the dominance of amateurs!!!
1. What the “bloggers” posted online, passing off as a “strange trajectory” of the warhead’s flight (???), is in fact a recording of the carrier’s contrail under the influence of air currents at different altitudes. Any rocket scientist will tell you this! These are not “zigzags of luck” of ICBMs, with some lofty goals of “fucking the enemy’s brains”, this is an ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON of blurring the contrail...
Because:
- there is no point in “wagging your tail”, consuming the energy of the ballistic missile and thereby eating up the range!
- a BR (of solid mass!) cannot make “hare jumps” - the structural strength is vulgarly insufficient even when using gas-jet rudders. Yes, and they are not there: a gunpowder bomb and nothing extra in the 1st and 2nd stages. Yes, and the nozzles deviate by one unit. degrees to correct the shooting bearing...
- this is a flight before the separation of the BB, even before the deployment stage is turned on, when you need to know your place with high accuracy in order to “aim”. From such maneuvering, the gyroscopes and accelerometers of the BR will “go crazy”!!! Sharply variable maneuvering is contraindicated for them by genesis!
2. Well, and about the fact that the “BB flight” was observed... I am a fan of science fiction, but not that kind! Nonsense is good in kindergarten, where there are kids who have not yet seen anything in life. It's easy for them to mislead. They will believe it. The AP begins to “glow” upon entering the PSA on the final leg of its flight to the ATTACKED TARGET! I don’t think that any of the “witnesses” were near the battlefield of the ICBM testing site.
It would be possible to make fun of the “mountain specialists”, but there is no time.

[DenVB]

Quote: Boa constrictor KAA

this is the ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON of contrail erosion

This is not a contrail, but a smoke trail.

[Victal]

Wow, almost like in the movies, only there were about twenty people visible at the same time

[digger]

As always, when failure begins to blow noodles into your ears. The rocket generally flew in different directions like a mad calf in the wrong direction... and they lie about the successful launch. When the rocket wobbles and dances, it is a defect and a fall in an unplanned place.

[Rinat Khametov]

The question arises: why was there a fuss about the Baikonur test site? Which was in fact taken away from us....what prevented us from immediately building an ICBM position area immediately near Astrakhan?
Whatever the corn farmer did, he did it all poorly.
Almost started a nuclear war with the USA
Organized corn farming almost beyond the Arctic Circle
The virgin lands that Kazakhstan is now throwing at us, into the place of development of the non-black earth region
Invested crazy money in Baikonur.
He was stupid... half-Jewish, at least

[Oleg Apushkin]

Oh, the West can’t be held back by this crap. The lines have been drawn a long time ago and they are fighting on our territory. We need to act globally on the outskirts, otherwise PiNdosan will again write out medals for himself for another victory.

[malyvalv]

Did they add Zircon to Yars as a combat payload? It looks like it.
A very sound idea.