Above the White Sea unchanged
Above the White Sea unchanged
Country's leadership is time to draw correct conclusions from the failed tests of the Bulava
The fact that the regular test launch of a new maritime ballistic missile Bulava ended in failure, though a feeling of annoyance, but not surprised. To note this is regrettable, but what can you do. Problems associated with the creation of a new strategic missile system for the marine component of the SNF, were the direct result of a systemic crisis 90. The successive failures of the tests of the Bulava, shows that the effects of the devastating 90-x has not yet been overcome.
If we do not take into account those people who are directly connected with the process of testing complex R-30, the first of a new start-up failed residents learned the Norwegian city of Tromso, watched the early morning of 9 December strange glow in the sky. Photographs of this phenomenon were immediately laid on the Internet, and then began a rapid discussion of unusual for a rural Tromsø events, which, however, quickly moved outside of Norway.
The first comment about what he saw Norwegians traditionally have been limited to the fact that the UFO appeared over the city, although the most perceptive observers initially suspected that it was a Russian rocket. In Russia, virtually no one had any doubts that the miraculous glow of Tromsø means another unsuccessful test of the Bulava.
Indeed, on December 10 was announced the official announcement that the next test launch complex of R-30 ended in failure.
Events 9-10 December, once again demonstrated the fact that at the present level of development and diffusion of information technologies or that the phenomenon itself seems to be a secret area becomes publicly known long before the reports of these officials. For the first time on a large scale, this phenomenon could be observed during the five-day war with Georgia in August last year, has become Russia's "first blogger".
But let us return to the "Bulava". At this time, as stated in the official statement of the Defense Ministry, technical failure occurred during the third-stage rocket to it. The first two stages worked normally. Recall that the causes of previous unsuccessful launches become failures in the first stage. On the removal of structural or technological deficiencies of this element missiles were directed efforts of the developers after the previous launch, held on July 15, 2009 and also failed.
With no less regrettable than the fact of an unsuccessful launch, to be observed for another splash of information related to this event. The reaction of a large part of observers, of course, pointedly negative. Some of the most zealous critics of the draft of a new maritime missile system, developed in the Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering, advocating immediate curtailing unsuccessful programs recognized by them. Moreover, the idea has already announced conversion of the cerebral SSBN Project 955 "Yuri Dolgoruky under are mass-produced missile RSM-54 Sineva. However, this means that the project 955 should radically alter, as "ruddy" in size, mass start and a way of starting a completely different missile, which has nothing in common with the R-30. This redrawing of the project due to the additional and very significant burden on the military budget. The result of redistribution of funds will be serious under-funding or freezing of most other programs associated with the construction of new ships for the Navy.
In general, the country's leadership, the Ministry of Defense and industry today, there are three options to solve the problem of re-sea component of the SNF. The first - the continuation of work on the "club" and the further construction of the Project 955 boats so as to reach the end of the flight tests F-30, the success of both unit and multiple-launch rocket launches from the board of SSBN, the Yury Dolgoruky in a relatively short period of time produce a set of missiles required for weapons ready-submarine cruisers (probably two - is Launched "Yuri Dolgoruky" and "Alexander Nevsky").
The second option - radical recycling project 955, the transformation of a "blue" and the building of submarines laid on the revised draft of the remaining five boats series. This move, however, does not negate the need for a sea missile system next generation, however, such a development to work on it will be relatively quiet.
The third alternative - the freezing of the project R-30 and construction of Project 955 SSBNs and urgent deployment of works on creation of new sea missile system - probably based on the closed in 1998, the project "Bark."
The most extensive and expensive is the third option. Second, perhaps, could be considered reasonable, but the financial cost of this project does not require small.
In fact, as before, the most realistic option is to bring to the mind set of "Bulava". Whatever would reverse his principal opponents, nothing fabulous in the successful completion of the complex of R-30 no. The main thing in this process, as in the summer of this year, said Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, restoring order in cooperation involved in the production of missile "Bulava". In this process, involving 650 enterprises, which with varying degrees of success have survived the crisis in the 90's. The main reason of unsuccessful launches of new missiles Ivanov called the technological marriage, admitted at one stage of production. Circumstances Test December 9, seems to confirm this version. At this time managed to cope with deficiencies in the production of the first stage, but now has given the third degree of failure.
The failure of the Bulava - the most complex and important defense project, which Russia's defense industry had to be implemented independently, without reliance on extensive Soviet hurt, show that the industry is still very far from a full solution to the crisis. Peculiar indicator of "health" military industrial complex can be called and another system project - the creation of the fifth generation fighter. And in this case, the news is also disappointing - the first flight PAK FA again postponed - at the beginning of 2010, though throughout 2009 are both developers and representatives from the Air Force is safe to say that the fifth-generation fighter will rise into the air no later than December.
So, we remain at the opinion that as of today a real alternative to continuing to work on the "club" does not exist. Meanwhile, the country's leadership and the Ministry of Defense should make this epic a blunt conclusion - monopoly in any area can lead to very negative results. It is the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering for today was actually the only organization concentrating in the hands of the creation of intercontinental ballistic missiles in the interest of both on land and maritime component of the SNF. Another project organization, in Soviet times specialized in the development of sea-based ICBM - State Rocket Center (State Center) named Makeeva long remained virtually out of business. But last year in the life of the business there have been substantial changes.
In May 2008, began to be formed on the basis of State Center. Makeyev Rocket Holding with OJSC Miasskiy Machine Building Plant, JSC "Zlatoust Machine-Building Plant", JSC "Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant" and JSC "Research Institute" Hermes ". Upon completion of this process, scheduled for 2010, Russia will have an integrated structure, qualified design, development and exploitation of the marine strategic missile systems, as well as civilian rocket and space technology. Thus, the center will have two powerful military missile, healthy competition which will avoid mistakes in the long-term planning a strategic nuclear weapons.
Ilya CEDAR
15/12/2009
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