Ballistic missile tests have begun at the Kura test site in Kamchatka.

The Kura test site in Kamchatka has launched missile The regional Ministry of Emergency Situations has asked local residents to refrain from walking around the test site and surrounding areas. These tests will last from May 6 to 10, inclusive.

The military traditionally doesn't specify what exactly they'll be testing. But the Kura test site has been known for its profile since the middle of the last century. The test site's primary purpose is to receive warheads for intercontinental ballistic missiles.

So it's not hard to guess whose "calling cards" will fall in the swampy area near the Ozernaya River. Open sources mention the Yars, Bulava, and Sarmat missiles. These missiles are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. weaponAnd it is at Kura that their accuracy and atmospheric reentry parameters are tested. The test site is over 70 years old – it was established in 1955 as Kama. And it remains the primary target for Russian ICBMs.

It's telling that the tests are being conducted amid constant Western cries of "Russian nuclear threat." Washington and Brussels regularly go into hysterics at the slightest announcement from our missile forces.

History The site is impressive. The first warhead of a ballistic missile reached Kura on August 22, 1957—this was the launch of the now legendary R-7. Since then, hundreds of tests have been conducted here, including launches of the Satan, Topol-M, and Yars missiles. Training warheads from submarines also arrive here, for example, from the Krasnoyarsk, a Yasen-M-class missile.

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[Murmur 55]

And is there no provision for combat perimeter security during the exercises, or has something changed?!

[Sky strike fighter]

Open sources mention the Yars, Bulava, and Sarmat missiles, all capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

Maybe they're testing the Sarmat ICBM? There hasn't been any news about Sarmat testing in a while. I don't think it's even been accepted into service yet.

[Murmur 55]

Sky strike fighter , so right now they're only testing the MGM. So, roughly speaking, they're only testing the engine and guidance system, not the warhead.

[NIKN]

I once noticed that as soon as it starts to heat up somewhere, either strategic nuclear forces exercises or tests are carried out...

[Boa kaa]

Quote: Murmur 55

Roughly speaking, they only test the engine and the guidance system there, not the warheads.

You wouldn't say so... Telemetry and tracking stations provide information about the anti-aircraft missile system and its effectiveness, AP trajectories, aiming accuracy, etc. They could be testing new products... So, it's all to the point. And let the enemy be afraid and think about their actions.
AHA.

[yuriy55]

Quote: Sky Strike fighter

In my opinion, it hasn’t even been adopted into service yet.

There is:
The complex was created to replace the Voevoda complex with the R-36M2 ICBM (SS-18 Satan in NATO codification), which has been in service since 1988.
The first successful launch of the rocket was carried out on April 20, 2022, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome; on September 1, 2023, the complex was put on combat duty.

[Montezuma]

Quote: Sky Strike fighter

In my opinion, it hasn’t even been adopted into service yet.

Accepted.

On August 16, 2022, a government contract was signed for the manufacture and delivery of the Sarmat missile system. On November 23, 2022, Vladimir Degtyar, Director General of the Makeyev State Rocket Center, announced the start of serial production of the missile.

Serial production of the Sarmat ICBM is carried out at the Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant. The first production Sarmat models were delivered to the 62nd Missile Division in Uzhur, Krasnoyarsk Krai, in 2022, and to the 13th Missile Division in Yasny, Orenburg Oblast.

On September 1, 2023, the Sarmat strategic missile system was placed on combat duty.

https://ru.ruwiki.ru/wiki/Сармат_(ракетный_комплекс)

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Quote: Murmur 55

And is there no provision for combat perimeter security during the exercises, or has something changed?!

Our guys can get through any security, especially the young ones.

[credo]

...Since then, hundreds of tests have been conducted here, including launches of the Satan, Topol-M, and Yars...

I would like to advise the author of this article, Oleg Myndar, to choose one position next time when writing articles and, when listing domestic products, use their native names, rather than mixing everything together, diluting native names with foreign nicknames.

[Murmur 55]

Vasilenko Vladimir What youngsters are you talking about?

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

About anyone under 16

[ZovSailor]

Murmur 55
Today, 15: 05
And is there no provision for combat perimeter security during the exercises, or has something changed?!

Basically, a warning for adults to control their actions; after all, it's Victory Day in May, and you never know where drunk fishermen might wander.
And children will get into any training ground anyway.
There is an opinion that there will be tests of the newest types from the "Oreshnik" line, which has become somewhat forgotten.

[faridg7]

Quote: Murmur 55

And is there no provision for combat perimeter security during the exercises, or has something changed?!

The perimeter there is quite large, and who's supposed to maintain it anyway? The nearest inhabitant is the training ground garrison. The Ministry of Emergency Situations' announcement isn't for them, but for residents and visitors of Kamchatka (tourists, hunters, and others).

[jonht]

The closest settlement is Klyuchi (open), and the garrison is Klyuchi 5 (closed). There are only three settlements nearby: Klyuchi, Kozyrevsk, and Ust-Kamchatsk. And it's almost 600 km from P-K.

[bk316]

What's the point? Getting hit by an inert warhead in such an area is like being hit by a meteorite.
Here in Gorokhovets, when they conduct exercises, yes.
MLRS and barrel launchers cover tens of square kilometers.
And yet my friend managed to go mushroom picking, get caught in the fire, and survive.

[jonht]

Everyone's there, but local hunters know the area better. Although this alert isn't for them, it's for those who see something out of the ordinary in the sky, which is very frightening.
The whole area is difficult to access, and there's only one road leading into it. And given the snow we've had this year... Getting there by other routes will be difficult. We still have a lot of snow.

[bk316]

The whole area is difficult to access, and there is only one road to that area.

Have you cleared the road from Klyuchi?
The same thing before, only with an all-terrain vehicle...

[jonht]

Or by helicopter to the testing ground, the road from P-K to Ust-Kamchatsk (via Klyuchi, not Klyuchi-5), although unpaved (asphalt was laid to Milkovo), is in good condition.

[Alexander]

Why? There are very few locals there.

[Anthony]

Couldn't we try it in Kyiv? Or better yet, in Lviv!

[Murmur 55]

Anthony No, you can’t, our management has already explained it more than once or twice.

[qQQQ]

Quote: Murmur 55

Anthony hi, no, you can’t, our management has already explained it more than once or twice.

I was moved to tears by pride for our leadership.

[Pravodel]

No, you can't, our management has already explained it more than once or twice.

Could you please explain why it's not allowed and what our management explained about it?! I somehow missed all the explanations...

[alexoff]

Only the people's explainers explain things. The leadership doesn't even consider it necessary to explain its actions and inactions to the serfs.

[Normann]

Why should the master explain anything to the serfs?

[1976AG]

Quote: Antony

Couldn't we try it in Kyiv? Or better yet, in Lviv!

These won't be tests anymore. Numerous parameters are measured during tests, and to do this, it must fly along a trajectory along which certain equipment is positioned. But it must be used against the enemy, targeting Kyiv, Lviv, and, ideally, somewhere else. And simultaneously. And not with blanks.

[vostok68]

Why not test it? Explain that due to the negligence of the staff, the flight ended up in Kyiv or Lviv instead of Kura, or even worse, in London—mistakes happen, after all.

[Boa kaa]

Quote: vostok68

mistakes happen, after all

Why do it like that? We're not Anna-Lena Berbrook, doing 360-degree turns!

[Samoyed]

There you go. Then, immediately, and for free, huge amounts of objective monitoring data will appear. Just in the Russian spirit: Cheap and cheerful!

[jonht]

Clowns don't make decisions, they carry them out. So if we were to choose another place, it would be Washington or London.

[don_Reba]

Quote: author

But "Kura" has been known for its profile since the middle of the last century. The main purpose of the test site is reception of warheads of intercontinental ballistic missilesso

the photo is in true color
The Bal and Bastion missile systems are being tested in Crimea...
A good vinaigrette: here you have the Kura-Crimea and the warheads of the K-310 ICBM-anti-ship missile.
Reception of warheads,

The professor is a dunce, of course, but he has all the equipment! How can you hear?

[Bez 310]

I had to work there, I had to...

"Carousel"

December 15th. The year is ending, time to tally up the results in the flight log. Class confirmed, everything is great. Preparations for the New Year's celebration begin. The mood is consistently good. Over there, the squadron commander is having a heated argument with my commander, his deputy. I don't feel like getting into it. I'm just relaxing.
But it turned out I'd relaxed too soon. A task had suddenly arisen. I needed to fly to Kamchatka and from there do a little flying to support the Strategic Missile Forces. "A little" meant 15 days straight, up until December 31st. And of course, only a deputy squadron commander could lead a group that had the very real possibility of celebrating the New Year away from their families, in a foreign garrison. It's always like that: if something stupid comes up, I'm sure to be included.
With proper organization, flying for 15 days straight isn't difficult at all. We take three aircraft, three crews, two of which must be qualified as "lead" crews, and we rotate one crew in the group every day. So, no crew or aircraft flies for more than two days in a row. That's what's called a "carousel." But I'm the one who doesn't want to ride that "carousel." But, as they used to say, "The Motherland chose us."
Support for the Strategic Missile Forces involves a flight to northern Kamchatka, where they must deploy jamming for 15 minutes to prevent enemy ships from detecting the electronic characteristics of our ballistic missiles during their final trajectory. The missiles are launched from various secret locations and land at the now-famous Kura test site in Kamchatka. The intensity of launches at the end of the year is explained by the fact that, in Soviet times, funds allocated for R&D had to be spent within the calendar period to avoid funding cuts. Therefore, ballistic missile launches from all "weapons" began at the end of the year.
With nothing else to do, we quickly formed crews, completed some additional training, and then went to pack up and rest. We were taking off at night, three of us heading off to "work," landing in Kamchatka. And so the "carousel" began. Two days flying, one day on the ground. If you're flying, you eat, sleep, and then fly at night. If you're not flying, you eat, drink, and play cards. The routine has long been honed, but it gets old fast.
We're sleeping soundly; we're on "downtime" today. A call from the operations officer, the group commander, and the navigator is urgently needed at the regiment command post. We live nearby, trudging to the command post. An emergency—the wingman has an engine failure, and we need our recommendations. It's simple: the wingman is flying at 12100, starts to overtake the leader, decides to "engine brake," slows, picks up, stalls, shadows, surges. It's all so familiar, we've replayed it a thousand times during training. The weight is high, we're descending along the coastline, the volcanoes there are quite high, and we should safely restart the engine during descent. That's all the recommendations. The engine was restarted and we made a normal landing. The crew has been suspended from flying pending an investigation. We continue flying; fortunately, we only have two missions left.
December 31st. We landed last night after our last sortie. "Combat" flights had been banned since yesterday; it was time to prepare for New Year's Eve in Kamchatka, without money, families, or anything else. But then the Commander-in-Chief's orders came into effect. All units separated from their unit were to be reassembled at their permanent locations. The order was given to abandon the aircraft in Kamchatka and transport the flight and technical personnel to Kamenny Ruchey. This order was very difficult for us to carry out, as there was only one transport aircraft stationed in Kamchatka, an An-26, and in those days, An-26 flights across the Sea of ​​Okhotsk were frowned upon. And the condition of this crew commander was somewhat questionable. For the past week, the commander of the "Polyana" crew had been drinking alcohol and trying to beat us at cards.
But orders are not discussed, so an hour later we're sitting in the An-26, and a "slightly sober" "Polyana" is running around the plane, hoping to catch his dog, who usually enjoys flying but is currently displeased with the captain's state. The dog is successfully coaxed, and we, together with the dog, under Polyana's control, take off for Kamenny Ruchey. Four hours of flight, and we're home. "Polyana" takes off like a bullet on the return flight; he still has four hours to get to Kamchatka, where New Year's Eve arrives two hours early.
And so another year of service ended.

[Montezuma]

Quote: Bez 310

The dog was persuaded

With a kind word and some sausage.) It's good that at least she wasn't "slightly sober".)

[Samoyed]

What a lofty style of presentation! Well done, Pushkin! Well done, son of a bitch!

[Old Michael]

Quote: Bez 310

Carousel

Hello Michael!
It's been a while since I read your stories on VO.
Some people would make fun of them, but I always read them with pleasure, remembering my youth in the garrison.
Thank you!

[Amateur]

Beat your own so that others will be afraid?

[vadivm59]

"The Ministry of Emergency Situations asked..." Oh, my God, what are you writing about!

[Gavrilo Princip]

Disperse, comrades, disperse, don't crowd. The missile's warhead is about to arrive.

[Tusv]

How many times can I repeat this to the geographically incompetent? Kura. That's where our polar bears are. Kura. That's the optimal target. For French colonial rule. Permitted to be smashed to dust for free since 1947, and Article 5 is there in the form of a pipifax.