Neue russische Rüstungsprojekte "Kinzhal", "Avangard", u.a.

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Die Frage ist nur wieviele der sicher nicht billigen Waffen haben sie und finden sie auch dafür lohnende Hochwertziele?
Diese Rakete ist ja noch sehr neu, da werden sie noch nicht soviele im Arsenal haben.

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https://www.facebook.com/mod.mil.rus/po ... %2CO%2CP-R


https://www.facebook.com/mod.mil.rus/po ... %2CO%2CP-R

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Russia's Sarmat heavy ICBM to enter service at end of year

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/weap ... nd-of-year

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Moskau: Neue Interkontinentalrakete bald einsatzbereit

Der russische Verteidigungsminister Sergej Schoigu hat beim Besuch einer Rüstungsfabrik die baldige Einsatzbereitschaft der neuen Interkontinentalrakete des Typs Sarmat versichert. Sein Ministerium in Moskau veröffentlichte heute auf Telegram Bilder von Schoigu und anderen Militärvertretern in der Kramasch-Fabrik in der sibirischen Stadt Krasnojarsk. Die Sarmat-Raketen würden „in naher Zukunft in den Dienst gestellt“, hieß es in einer Ministeriumsmitteilung.

https://orf.at/#/stories/3333941/

Заявление Департамента коммуникаций Госкорпорации «Росатом»

https://www.rosatom.ru/journalist/news/ ... i-rosatom/

Rosatom Department of Communications Statement

Five Rosatom staff members died and a further three people were injured in a tragic accident that took place during tests on a liquid propulsion system involving isotopes at a military facility in Arkhangelsk region.

https://www.rosatom.ru/en/press-centre/ ... statement/

Russia May Be Planning to Test a Nuclear-Powered Missile

Satellite imagery and aviation data suggest that Russia may be preparing to test an experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile — or may have recently tested one — with a theoretical range of thousands of miles.

Movements of aircraft and vehicles at and near a base in Russia’s remote Arctic region are consistent with preparations that were made for tests of the missile, known as the Burevestnik or SSC-X-9 Skyfall, in 2017 and 2018, according to a New York Times analysis.

U.S. surveillance planes have also been tracked in the area over the last two weeks, and aviation alerts have warned pilots to avoid nearby airspace.

Russia previously conducted 13 known tests between 2017 and 2019, all of which were unsuccessful, according to a report from the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nonprofit group focused on arms control. And mishaps can be deadly. A missile launched in 2019 crashed and eventually exploded during a recovery attempt, killing seven people, according to U.S. officials.

In previous tests, the missile failed to fly a distance anywhere close to the designed range, estimated to be around 14,000 miles. U.S. officials assessed that during its most successful test flight, lasting just more than two minutes, the missile flew 22 miles before crashing into the sea. In another test, the missile’s nuclear reactor failed to activate, causing it to go down only a few miles from the launch site. For a test to succeed, the missile’s nuclear reactor would need to initiate in flight, so that the missile can cover much more ground.

An image taken on the morning of Sept. 20 shows several vehicles, including one with a trailer that appears to correspond to the dimensions of the Burevestnik missile, also called the SSC-X-9 Skyfall. Credit...The New York Times; satellite image by Planet Labs

A satellite image captured in the afternoon shows a nearly empty launchpad at the base.Credit...The New York Times; satellite image by Planet Labs

Visual evidence of testing preparations includes before-and-after satellite images.

Imagery taken on the morning of Sept. 20 shows numerous vehicles present on a launchpad at the base, including a truck with a trailer that appears to correspond to the dimensions of the missile. A weather shelter that typically covers the specific launch site had been moved about 50 feet. By the afternoon, the trailer was gone and the shelter was moved back to its original position.

Additional imagery captured on Sept. 28 shows the launchpad active again, with a similar trailer present and the shelter again drawn back.

On Aug. 31, the Russian authorities issued an aviation notice for a “temporary danger area,” advising pilots to avoid part of the Barents Sea off the coast and 12 miles from the launch site, known as Pankovo. The notice has since been extended several times and, as of Sunday, was scheduled to be in force through Oct. 6. Russia issued a similar notice before a Burevestnik test in 2019.

Additionally, two Russian aircraft specifically used for collecting data from missile launches were parked about 100 miles south of the launch site in early August, at the Rogachevo air base, according to analysis of satellite images by Bellona, a Norwegian environmental organization. The aircraft are owned by Rosatom, the Russian atomic energy company. They remained at that base at least through Sept. 26, according to additional satellite imagery. During Burevestnik tests in 2018, aircraft of the same type were also in the vicinity.

A U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft, an RC-135W Rivet Joint, also flew at least two missions off the coast of the Arctic island where the launch site is, on Sept. 19 and Sept. 26, according to the tracking platform Flightradar24. The two missions represented a slight uptick from usual known activity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/vide ... ssile.html

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Moskau: Neue Interkontinentalrakete bald einsatzbereit

Russian leaders have high hopes for new nukes this year — again

Roscosmos subsidiaries involved in the production of Sarmat have financial and production problems. In particular, the Proton-PM plant, which produces the missile’s propulsion system, “faced limited access to Western equipment, tools, raw materials of imported origin and an increase in the interest burden on loans,” director Ivan Krasnov said in 2022.

As stated in the company’s corporate magazine, officials instead bought Russian, Belarusian or Chinese machining and foundry equipment.

In addition, several top Proton-PM managers were arrested last year on charges of embezzlement to the tune of 195 million rubles in connection with planned equipment upgrades, regional media reported.

Chemical Automatics Design Bureau (CADB), which produces the second stage of the Sarmat missile, is in a pre-bankruptcy state. The company has had a chronic shortage of working capital.

After the start of the war, money appeared, but while employees’ wages came through on time again, other CADB contractors are still having difficulty getting paid, a source at the company told Defense News on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information. Management also failed to modernize the workshops, as was promised in late 2021, the source added.

Plant managers have been selling non-core assets, like a production site and a canteen for 247.8 million rubles, according to the source.

https://www.defensenews.com/global/euro ... ear-again/

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Das russische Verteidigungsministerium hat die erste unverfälschte Aufnahme des Flugkörpers "Zirkon" veröffentlicht:

https://vk.com/wall-133441491_975411

Flugkörper dieses Typs wurde bei einer Übung im östlichen Mittelmeer von den Fregatten "Admiral Gorshkov" und "Admiral Golovko" abgefeuert.


Russian general warned US about hypersonic missile test in Mediterranean: Exclusive

Russia's top general called America's top general last week in a previously undisclosed conversation to warn the United States that Russia was going to carry out test launches of hypersonic missiles in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and that U.S. Navy ships should steer clear of the target area for safety reasons, according to a U.S. official.

Gen. Valery Gerasimov initiated last Wednesday's call with Gen. CQ Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to provide him with that warning and to also discuss Ukraine and how to avoid miscalculation between the U.S. and Russia about that ongoing conflict.

The Russian hypersonic missile test took place in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, an area where the U.S. Navy has three amphibious ships with 2,200 Marines aboard as well as destroyers providing missile defense for Israel.

The call between the two top military leaders was not made public until Wednesday, a day after the Russian defense ministry announced that Russian warships in the that area had launched hypersonic missiles at an undisclosed target area in international waters of that body of water.

However, details about Gerasimov's heads-up warning to Brown were not officially disclosed.

"Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., spoke with Chief of Russian General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov by phone on Nov. 27 following a request by the Russian Ministry of Defense," Brown's spokesman Capt. JD Dorsey said in a statement provided to ABC News.

"This was the first time the leaders spoke since Gen. Brown became Chairman. The leaders discussed a number of global and regional security issues to include the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. At the request of Gen. Gerasimov, Gen. Brown agreed to not proactively announce the call."

In their conversation, Brown and Gerasimov also discussed how to avoid a miscalculation and escalation between the two countries when it comes to Ukraine, a U.S. official said.

Specifically, they discussed the U.S. allowing Ukraine to use ATACMS long range missiles against targets inside Russia, as well as Russia's subsequent test of an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) on a target inside Ukraine. Russia said the IRBM strike was in retaliation for Ukraine being allowed to use the ATACMS missiles inside of Russia.

The New York Times first reported the call between Brown and Gerasimov. Gerasimov's warning about Russia's planned hypersonic missile test has not been previously reported.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/ru ... =116463590

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https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/h ... se-program

• General Stephen N. Whiting, USSF
  Commander of United States Space Command
  Department of the Air Force
  

  Russia’s continued missile advancements strain U.S. sensors and defenses. Moscow has fielded three hypersonic systems with air, land, and sea launch options, featuring ranges over 6,000 miles carrying both conventional and nuclear capabilities, including two types of nuclear-armed HGVs.

  https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/i ... hiting.pdf

• General Anthony J. Cotton, USAF
  Commander, United States Strategic Command
  Department of the Air Force
  

  Despite recent testing challenges with the RS-28 Sarmat ICBM, Moscow continues to pursue this new ICBM, which has a range of 11,000 miles, the ability to carry multiple nuclear warheads, and a future fractional orbital bombardment capability. Russia’s Skyfall nuclear powered strategic cruise missile remains in testing and has not yet been formally certified for combat.

  Russia is also developing the submarine-deployable Poseidon autonomous underwater vehicle, which may be armed with a two-megaton nuclear payload.

  https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/d ... y-j-cotton