Growing reports that it was a missile fired from a Russian Typhoon class submarine,
possibly the RFS Dmitry Donskoy (TK-208).
This same submarine test fired SLBM's from the surface in the White Sea in late
2005.
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian...Dmitri_Donskoi
Another missile launch from the same vessel took place on July 16th
of this year from the White Sea. That missile veered off course and blew up in mid flight.
There were also several failed tests from the same vessel in December 2008.
Apparently the Bulava missiles used do not have a very good track record -
See
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20091028/156626320.html and
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090911/156094081.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSM-56_Bulava
With Obama about to receive the Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow in Norway, whether
the launch was pure coincidence or whether it was Russian saber rattling will
undoubtedly keep the analysts busy.
For example, two nuclear powered Russian attack class submarines were patrolling
in international waters off the East Coast of the US in August, reminiscent of the
Cold War.
Recently two German vessels successfully cruised through the North-East passage
as the ice begins to thaw. The US declared the passage as international waters
and there has been talk over the possibility of a new Cold War developing
over what some commentators have described as possibly the "world's most
dangerous shortcut".
See
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/da...p-nov-2009.pdf
Speaking of things Russian and military, the MiG Corporation, formerly the
formerly the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau, celebrated its 70th anniversary
on Tuesday.
fans these things supposedly appear and disappear all the time, so why havent we seen a "wormhole" before?
