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Consequences for Russian Missile Crash Will Be Harsh – Official RIA Novosti, PUBLISHED September 21, 2013 The people responsible for the crash of a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile at the start of September will be held accountable and possibly fired, a Russian military official told reporters on Friday. The solution to the problem of the Sept. 6 launch failure of a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) will be “implemented very harshly,” said Oleg Bochkarev, deputy chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission, adding that personnel would not be exempt from the consequences for the launch’s failure. “Of course they’ll get to the bottom of it, don’t doubt it for a second,” he said. Including this latest failure, eight out of 19 or 20 test launches of the troubled Bulava have been officially declared unsuccessful. Despite repeated problems with the missile, the Russian military maintains that there is no alternative to the three-stage Bulava, which carries up to 10 MIRV warheads, has a range of over 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) and is designed for deployment on Borey-class nuclear submarines. Topics: Russia Other news: US, Russia Sign Nuclear Energy Agreement Sergey Kirienko, the director general of Rosatom, Russia’s state atomic energy corporation, also signed the deal in Vienna. Rosatom Inks Deals, Edges Closer to UK Nuclear Reactor Market Rosatom signed a memorandum on collaboration in nuclear energy. Russia Questions IAEA on Syrian Nuclear Risks Russia has handed over an official request. |
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