Il tiro della corda .....

[richelieu]

Ma cos'è quell'obbrobrio?

Sukhoi T-4MS ..... http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/sukhoi/t/4/ms/t4ms.htm

[Vultur]

Stamattina sveglia sul presto (anche per i moscoviti mi sa), rifornimento in volo sopra il raccordo anulare, poi rotta su Sebastopoli tra le nuvole. Il Tu-160 "Aleksandr Golovanov" e "Pavel Taran":

[MatteF88]

Ma cos'è quell'obbrobrio?

Sukhoi T-4MS ..... http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/sukhoi/t/4/ms/t4ms.htm

Grazie, richelieu.
Curioso, ha l'ala a g. variabile e ha lo stabilizzatore tra i motori (credo sia il numero 23 nel disegno)..

[richelieu]

Ma cos'è quell'obbrobrio?

Sukhoi T-4MS ..... http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/sukhoi/t/4/ms/t4ms.htm

Grazie, richelieu.
Curioso, ha l'ala a g. variabile e ha lo stabilizzatore tra i motori (credo sia il numero 23 nel disegno) ..

Si tratta di un progetto risalente addirittura ai tardi anni Sessanta ..... che, ovviamente, non sarà mai realizzato .....

In inglese ..... http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/sukhoi/t/4/ms/t4ms_e.htm
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[richelieu]

La deterrenza .....

Testing the Deterrent .....

(12/23/2015)

​Two units recently successfully tested the bomber force’s ability to configure, load, fly, and deliver an unarmed version of the AGM-86B nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile, according to a release (1).
Air Force Global Strike Command’s 2nd Bomb Wing and Air Combat Command’s 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron conducted the extensive exercise, known as the Nuclear Weapon Systems Evaluation Program.
“Exercises, weapons tests, and operations are an important part of validating that our deterrence force is safe, secure, effective, and credible, 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” Brig. Gen. Andrew Gebara (2), US Strategic Command deputy director for nuclear operations, said in the release.
Lt. Col. Joseph McKenna, deputy commander of the 2nd Operations Group, said the evaluations provide an assessment and instill confidence in the safety and effectiveness of the nuclear deterrent.
“Credibility is the cornerstone of deterrence,” he said.
The AGM-86B (3) is designed to be launched from outside a combat area, protecting aircrews from enemy fire while allowing accurate strike capabilities.

(1) ..... http://www.afgsc.af.mil/News/ArticleDis ... rence.aspx
(2) ..... http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/D ... ebara.aspx
(3) ..... http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Di ... siles.aspx

Fonte ..... il 'Daily Report' dell' AFA .....
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[richelieu]

Espansione cinese, intrusione USA e ..... conseguenti schiamazzi .....

Two US B-52 bombers flew close to islands in the flashpoint South China Sea this month in a "serious military provocation", Beijing said Saturday, as tensions simmer in the disputed waterway.
China insists it has sovereignty over virtually all of the resource-rich sea, conflicting with the various claims of several neighboring nations, and US activity in the area has provoked Beijing's ire several times in recent months.

Fonte ..... "Beijing Slams 'Provocative' US South China Sea Flypast" .....
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defens ... /77641530/
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[richelieu]

Rivelazioni .....

"U.S. Nuclear Weapons Target List From The Cold War Declassified For The First Time" .....
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/u-s-nu ... 1749527500

[richelieu]

Come hanno imparato a non preoccuparsi e ad amare la bomba .....

At approximately 10:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday, January 6, North Korea detonated a nuclear device of an unknown yield.
In an announcement on state television, the North Korean regime claimed that the device was a hydrogen bomb and that the test was successful.
The test was conducted at 41.326°N 129.010°E, near the location of North Korea’s last test in February 2013, which was conducted at 41.302°N 129.066°E.
Both test sites are a short distance from the North Korean nuclear facility at Punggye-ri.
According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center, the epicenter of the detonation was approximately 2 kilometers underground.

Fonte ..... "North Korea Tests Nuclear Device, Claims Successful Thermonuclear Detonation" .....
http://thediplomat.com/2016/01/north-ko ... etonation/
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[richelieu]

Hey, Fatty ..... you have to be very careful in what you are doing ..... WE ARE HERE .....

B-52 Conducts Show of Force Over South Korea .....

Amy McCullough (1/11/2016)



​A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress from Andersen AFB, Guam, conducted a low-level flight in the vicinity of Osan AB, South Korea, on Jan. 10, 2016.
The B-52 was joined by a ROKAF F-15 Slam Eagle and a US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon.
(US Air Force photo by A1C Dillian Bamman).

A B-52 heavy bomber operating from Andersen AFB, Guam, conducted a low-level flight over South Korea on Sunday in a show of force following North Korea’s recent nuclear test.
The Stratofortress was escorted by a US F-16 and South Korean F-15K Slam Eagle.
"This was a demonstration of the ironclad US commitment to our allies in South Korea, in Japan, and to the defense of the American homeland," said Adm. Harry Harris, US Pacific Command boss, in a release .....
http://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/tabid/5 ... th-ko.aspx
"North Korea's nuclear test is a blatant violation of its international obligations. US joint military forces in the Indo-Asia-Pacific will continue to work with all of our regional allies and partners to maintain stability and security."
US Forces Korea deputy commander and 7th Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy .....
http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/D ... nessy.aspx
..... said the US and Republic of Korean Air Force “are prepared to meet any threat to our alliance.”
ROK Air Force Operations Command boss South Korean Lt. Gen. Lee Wong G, speaking alongside O’Shaughnessy during a joint press conference at Osan AB, South Korea, said the two countries are working together to “maintain a perfect readiness posture.”
The B-52 immediately returned to Andersen after the flight, states the release.
North Korea’s Jan. 6 nuclear test is its third since 2006; the third test was conducted in 2013.
See also Osan release ..... http://www.osan.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123466574

Fonte ..... il 'Daily Report' dell' AFA .....
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[MatteF88]

Video dell'incidente occorso a un bear lo scorso anno (quello esploso in pista)...impressionante

http://theaviationist.com/2016/01/21/ru ... explosion/

[Vultur]

RF-94181, 05 rosso.
Almeno due morti, uno morto in ospedale per le ustioni.
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=176756
"the +60-year old Russian four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber". A quanto ho letto, il Tu-95MS fu messo in produzione nel 1981, non è un bombardiere, ma un lanciatore di missili cruise, la sua struttura di lancio non è sufficientemente precisa per armi non guidate.
(Mi piacerebbe conoscere la storia di RF-94181, mi sbaglio, ma da quel che ho capito venne impostato nel 1977 e portato allo standard Tu-142, come minimo una nuova ala, dopo il 1981, però questa è solo una mia idea).

[MatteF88]

"the +60-year old Russian four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber". A quanto ho letto, il Tu-95MS fu messo in produzione nel 1981
(Mi piacerebbe conoscere la storia di RF-94181, mi sbaglio, ma da quel che ho capito venne impostato nel 1977 e portato allo standard Tu-142, come minimo una nuova ala, dopo il 1981, però questa è solo una mia idea).

Anche io l'ho intesa così, quel blog non è nuovo a sparate ultra generiche tipo questa del bombardiere ultra sessantenne, o titoloni acchiappa-click (non in questo caso ovviamente)..

[richelieu]

Non è possibile che il riferimento riguardasse genericamente il 'Modello Tu-95' che, a onor del vero, è in effetti ultra-sessantenne, e non una sua particolare, più moderna, versione ?

[Vultur]

Solo analisi logica: "the +60-year old Russian four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform skidded off the runway and exploded after the left wing caught fire during the take off run at Ukrainka airfield". Quello che ha skiddato la pista ed è esploso non è un +60-year old Russian four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber?
(In realtà uno capisce lo stesso che vuol dire: che cioè si tratta di un vecchio disegno. Però quello che è esploso non era un aereo altrettanto vecchio, ammesso che si possa definire "nuovo" un aereo di trentacinque anni fà).

Un'altra foto (quello a destra):

[MatteF88]

Non è possibile che il riferimento riguardasse genericamente il 'Modello Tu-95' che, a onor del vero, è in effetti ultra-sessantenne, e non una sua particolare, più moderna, versione ?

Senz'altro, stavo cercando il pelo nell'uovo, per dire: la VW beetle è stata in produzione fino a oltre il 2000, il progetto é degli anni '40 ma le ultime uscite di fabbrica hanno "solo" 15 anni..

[richelieu]

La Corea del Nord non ha fatto spallucce .....

The Effect of Deterrence .....

Brian Everstine (1/22/2016)

North Korea definitely took notice of the Jan. 10 flight of a B-52 to South Korea, and remains aware of the Air Force’s continuous bomber presence in the Pacific, the Pentagon’s No. 2 uniformed officer said Thursday .....
http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/D ... selva.aspx
Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declined to get into classified intelligence following the flight, but said North Korea “didn’t shrug” at the B-52’s flight.
“North Korea is very aware of the presence of aircraft,” at Andersen AFB, Guam, Selva said at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
While the Air Force’s B-52 fleet is old, it will fly well into its 80th year and stay modern based on continuous upgrades to keep it a “robust platform” and a mainstay of the Air Force’s part of the nuclear triad,” Selva said.
While the nuclear arsenal is not likely to be used, the military still needs to invest in the stability of the weapons, the integrity of the command and control system, and the health of the delivery platforms to keep the nuclear deterrent effective, he said.
See also: The Future of Long-Range Strike from the October 2015 issue of Air For​​ce Magazine .....
http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArch ... grange.pdf

Fonte ..... il 'Daily Report' dell' AFA .....
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[Vultur]

Un aspetto che può sicuramente essere definito datato è che il Bear purtroppo non ha seggiolini eiettabili, il B-52 li ha, ma i due uomini di sotto sarebbero comunque stati fregati ad altitudine zero.

[richelieu]

Non si sa cosa ..... ma QUALCOSA è accaduto .....

ICBM Mishap Withheld .....

Jennifer Hlad (1/26/2016)

​In May 2014, in the midst of a Pentagon review of the nuclear enterprise, the Air Force experienced a mishap that resulted in $1.8 million in damage to an intercontinental ballistic missile, the Air Force announced Jan. 22 .....
http://www.afgsc.af.mil/News/ArticleDis ... ation.aspx
The Minuteman III ICBM, assigned to the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., “became non-operational during a diagnostic test,” and the accident happened when maintenance personnel were troubleshooting the problem, according to the press release.
No one was injured, and the mishap did not create a public safety hazard, the Air Force said.
An investigation found that the maintenance team chief was properly trained but “mistakenly performed an action not directed by the technical guidance.”
He and the two airmen on his team were decertified, but returned to duty after being retrained and recertified.
Despite the timing of the incident, the Air Force kept the details from Pentagon investigators, according to the Associated Press .....
http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/art ... 778832.php
In November 2014, then-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced a plan to overhaul the nuclear enterprise, based on the results of external and internal reviews.
See also: 'Nuclear Force Improvements' from the April 2015 issue of Air Force Magazine .....
http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArch ... uclear.pdf

Fonte ..... il 'Daily Report' dell' AFA .....
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[richelieu]

"Ponete fine ai programmi B61-12 e LRSO" ..... esorta un think tank di Washington .....

The Centre for American Progress has proposed sweeping cuts to the US nuclear arsenal including the elimination of the B61 consolidation and new standoff cruise missile as a way of realising $120 billion in savings over 30 years.
The Washington DC-based think tank nominates those programmes for termination as well as a scaling back of intercontinental ballistic missile and nuclear-armed submarine procurements in a report published today, amid concerns within the Pentagon and Congress that current nuclear modernisation plans are unaffordable long-term.

Fonte ..... "New report recommends White House kill B61-12 and LRSO" .....
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... lr-421578/

Centre for American Progress .....

Before leaving office, the Obama administration can take three steps to ensure that his successor has the information and flexibility necessary to make these needed changes.
First, the president should cancel two programs: an effort to consolidate variants of the B61 gravity bomb—a lower-yield nuclear weapon dropped from fighter aircraft—as well as a program to produce a new cruise missile launched from a bomber that is able to maneuver to its target.
Second, the president should revise deterrence requirements that currently constrain modernization plans.
Third, the White House should order the Pentagon to generate analysis in order to inform the next Nuclear Posture Review regarding options to limit the modernization plans.

"Setting Priorities for Nuclear Modernization" .....
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues ... rnization/
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[richelieu]

'Баргузин' ..... un sistema missilistico strategico finito su un binario morto ?

"Uncertain future of Barguzin rail-mobile ICBM" ..... http://russianforces.org/blog/2016/02/u ... in_r.shtml

[richelieu]

Corea ..... prima la bomba ..... poi il missile balistico ..... ora arrivano gli F-22 ..... domani chissà .....

Raptors Mean Business .....

Arie Church (2/18/2016)

F-22s executed a display of force over South Korea on Wednesday in response to recent North Korean provocations, Pacific Air Forces announced .....
http://www.osan.af.mil/News/tabid/3947/ ... an-ab.aspx
"The F-22 Raptor is the most capable air superiority fighter in the world, and it represents one of many capabilities available for the defense of this great nation," 7th Air Force Commander and US Forces Korea Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy said in a release .....
http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/D ... nessy.aspx
"The US​ maintains an ironclad commitment to the defense of the Republic of Korea,” he added.
The four F-22s from JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, redeployed to Osan AB, South Korea, from a regular training rotation to Japan .....
http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pa ... Japan.aspx
The jets were joined in formation by Republic of Korea Air Force F-15K Slam Eagles and resident F-16s.
“The combined nature of this flyover highlighted the high level of integration and interoperability between our two Air Forces, developed through decades of combined training," noted Osan's 36th Fighter Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Nicholas Evans.
A B-52 conducted a similar flyby (... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pa ... rence.aspx ...) following North Korea's detonation of a nuclear device in January, and the formation repeated the gesture after the country's ballistic missile test earlier the month .....
http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pa ... ation.aspx

Fonte ..... il 'Daily report' dell' AFA .....
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[Vultur]

Da quel che so io, i caccia intercettori americani in Corea hanno sempre avuto come primo compito la dissuasione e la scorta diretta o indiretta ai numerosi voli di ricognizione sul Nord.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_EC-1 ... n_incident

[richelieu]

Se questa fosse vera ..... sarebbe veramente grossa .....

According to Russian media, the Northern Fleet is preparing for the next combat readiness control of its nuclear deterrence forces; a 16-missile salvo launch from submerged position in Arctic waters – a drill that has not been attempted in 25 years.
Two of Russia’s newest strategic nuclear submarines are ready to leave for the Barents Sea.
One of them will shortly be launching 16 intercontinental ballistic missiles in one salvo.
The Northern Fleet plans to repeat the Soviet military operation “Behemoth”, Izvestiya writes.

Fonte ..... "Nuclear Missile World Record Attempt" .....
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articl ... -ssbn.html

Operation “Behemoth” ..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Behemoth
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[richelieu]

Minuteman III ..... il problema dell' obsolescenza .....


Il mock-up di un Minuteman I presentato alla 'Convention' dell' AFA del 1960 a San Francisco .....

Replacing Minuteman III .....
Jennifer Hlad (3/3/2016)

​The Minuteman III will have a difficult time surviving in the active anti-access, area denial environment of the future, which makes it critical that the US have the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent fully operational by 2030, Gen. Robin Rand, the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, told the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, on Tuesday .....
http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/D ... -rand.aspx
“We must continue efforts to modernize the Minuteman III weapons systems, where appropriate, until we bring the ground based strategic deterrent online. This is an absolute critical national interest that will provide strategic deterrence, and if needed, global strike, for years to come,” Rand said.
“The Minuteman III with each year becomes more and more obsolete, and I am concerned that if we don’t replace it … we will not be able to provide the capabilities that are needed.”
Upgrades to the Minuteman III in lieu of replacement would likely be very costly and also wouldn’t give the Air Force the capabilities it needs, Rand said.

Fonte ..... il 'Daily Report' dell' AFA .....
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[richelieu]

Riusciranno i nostri eroi a trovare i quattrini per finanziare tutto quanto ?

Funding the Nuclear Bow Wave .....

JENNIFER HLAD (3/8/2016)

​The Department of Defense looked at its nuclear strategic portfolio and quickly realized that “unless the department was willing to divest the submarine leg of the triad - which we’re not - there’s no way to pay for [nuclear] modernization within the budget,” said Jamie Morin, the director of cost assessment and program evaluation, on Monday .....
http://www.defense.gov/About-DoD/Biogra ... ie-m-morin
The Fiscal 2017 Future Years Defense Program, or five-year plan for defense spending, shows an uptick in funding for 2021, the target procurement date for the first of the Navy’s Ohio-class submarine replacements, as well as a year that will require significant investment in the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent and the B-21 Long-Range Strike Bomber programs.
But that is only the beginning of the nuclear “bow wave,” which Morin characterized as a doubling of nuclear spending - “on the order of $12 to $18 billion” each year above what the Pentagon has spent on the nuclear enterprise over the past decade .....
http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pa ... oming.aspx
While there are some trades to be made within the defense budget, DOD Comptroller Mike McCord said, ramping up the spending is “really a larger national question of how much are we willing to pay for defense when you get to that era.”

Fonte ..... il 'Daily Report' dell' AFA .....
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[richelieu]

Come ha imparato a non preoccuparsi ..... con tutto quel che segue .....

The North Koreans have said that they have successfully miniaturized a nuclear device, one potentially small enough to used in some of their most capable ballistic missiles.
This claim has been widely disregarded by the international community.
But now, after saying that they are deploying their nuclear warheads for quick use, and posting the image above, it may be time to reevaluate the North Koreans nuclear capabilities.

Fonte ..... "Is This North Korea's Nuclear Bomb?" .....
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/is-thi ... 1763803839
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[Vultur]

Superdecorati:

[richelieu]

Ma dai ..... quello magari è un fotomontaggio .....

Se fosse davvero un' immagine autentica ..... quei tizi darebbero allora dei punti anche a quei famosi marescialloni di sovietica memoria onusti di decorazioni .....

[Vultur]

Non so, ma da quel che c'è sul web non mi pare un fotomontaggio. Potrebbero attirare i fulmini o sballare le bussole?

Dalla KAPO di Kazan pare che escano (siano "lasciate uscire"?) immagini interessanti. Si sa che in Russia esisterebbero ancora esigui numeri di vecchie cellule mai completate di aerei risalenti all'era sovietica. Questo è quasi certo per aerei come il Mig-31 (di cui per altro abbondano anche vecchi aerei usati e cannibalizzati o abbandonati), ma per il Tu-160 sembrava che esistesse al massimo una sola cellula, in massima parte incompleta. Ora, secondo alcuni, ne sarebbero saltate fuori almeno altre due, in differenti gradi di completamento.
Per altri si tratterebbe invece di tre aerei di serie mandati alla KAPO per "ammodernamento", nella fattispecie i tre aerei dell' 8° lotto di produzione al completo (8-01 "Ilya Muromez"; 02 "Alexandr Molodchy" e 03 "Vitaly Kopylov"). Bisognerebbe vedere se questi aerei sono in servizio da qualche parte, oppure sono "scomparsi".
Perchè il fatto è che queste tre "cellule" dicono che siano la base del nuovo Tu-160M2, tre nuovi prototipi per studiare la fattibilità del progetto e la validità del nuovo aereo.
Lo stanziamento sarebbe di 1,7 miliardi di rubli, con una nuova fornace e tutto il resto (l'impianto di fusione e saldatura dell'enorme blocco centrale della fusoliera, con i perni della geometria variabile, ai tempi dicono che era in Ucraina e li è rimasto).

L'impianto di Kazan ripristina l'equipaggiamento per la produzione di Tu-160, con 1,7 miliardi di rubli:
http://www.business-gazeta.ru/news/304836

http://birserg-1977.livejournal.com/567805.html

L'obbiettivo sarebbe una flotta di almeno 50 nuovi bombardieri. Primi voli in 2017.

[richelieu]

Corea del Nord ..... un nuovo lancio .....

North Korea Claims Another Missile Test

[Vultur]

L'armoniosa linea dell'hotel Ryugyong va ad inserirsi delicatamente nella skyline di Pyongyang.
La palla fumatrice con sindrome metabolica tiene pure lezione di medicina, avranno scoperto che ridendo si perde peso? Due le pose possibili per gli astanti: se lui ride si ride, se lui fa il serio si fa i seri e si prende invariabilmente appunti su un onnipresente taccuino. Chissà che scriveranno mai? "Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca, il mattino ha l'oro in bocca ....".

[Valerio Ricciardi]

Se fosse davvero un' immagine autentica ..... quei tizi darebbero allora dei punti anche a quei famosi marescialloni di sovietica memoria onusti di decorazioni .....

Le dittature, i regìmi ed anche molti regni non hanno troppo di norma il senso del ridicolo.

Non dimenticatevi il berretto di Vittorio Emanuele III studiato come foggia per fargli recuperare "qualche cm fuori tutto" e la sua sciabola su misura, in scala 1:1,3 rispetto alla norma.

[richelieu]

Non dimenticatevi il berretto di Vittorio Emanuele III studiato come foggia per fargli recuperare "qualche cm fuori tutto" e la sua sciabola su misura, in scala 1:1,3 rispetto alla norma.

E fu così che lo chiamarono 'sciaboletta' .....

[Vultur]

Nonostante diverse smentite dicono che l'Arabia Saudita si sarebbe dotata di testate nucleari. Una delle motivazioni addotte sarebbe il timore del programma nucleare iraniano.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_p ... udi_Arabia

http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13941127000520

[richelieu]

'Баргузин' ..... un sistema missilistico strategico finito su un binario morto ?

"Uncertain future of Barguzin rail-mobile ICBM" ..... http://russianforces.org/blog/2016/02/u ... in_r.shtml

Ha deragliato ..... a quanto pare .....

"Barguzin rail-mobile ICBM axed, Project 4202 lives on" .....
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