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http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20111006/167432687.html

I know, but do you know what’s is going on with this fu…ing long range missile.

Neizbezhnost. Of course, this name may not belong to a missile system but may belong to another component of the strategic nuclear forces, but just agree that it sounds very optimistic (this name means ‘Inevitability,’ – translator’s note)

Another “dead hand”?:confused:

http://russianforces.org/blog/2011/10/not_much_information_about_fai.shtml

Podvig claims Avangard might be a new ICBM.

I bet that’s incorrect and I will take the theory of a deeply upgraded Yars with several maneuverable warheads.

Any data on the Granit follow-on?

They better keep one as a museum. Or huge tourist ship. Imagine that…

I will be the first visitor there. 😉

That’s rigth. Sadly rigth. 😮

Now, Tula launched a Liner :diablo:

http://russianforces.org/blog/2011/09/second_test_of_the_liner_slbm.shtml

Taken from http://www.america-russia.net/eng/security/282161123

It seems as a weird translation. Anyway, with interesting data.

Mysterious Avangard and Liner versus the US
July 26, 2011
Yaroslav Vyatkin
In May, representatives of our country released statements saying that if no solution suitable for Russia was found Moscow would take the harshest measures. Possible options

The main measure that our country may take is withdrawal from the just enacted START-3 treaty. For creation of a potential for liquidation of antimissile defense (AMD) assets Russia may also station a strike missile group on the borders of Europe.

Before the beginning of work of the Russia-NATO council in Sochi it became known that demands of Russia actually had a nature of ultimatum: we either reach an agreement or start taking the promised measures. Along with this, it is clear that even change of the president in Russia will have no effect on these plans because this is consolidated stance of the entire superior military political authorities of the country. Nonetheless, the parties failed to reach an agreement in Sochi. The negotiators tried to make the effect from harsh statements softer but it became obvious that clouds were getting thicker. Realism of the threat

The main question is if Russia will start taking the promised response measures. There is no special need to accelerate the events yet. At present, the planned European AMD cannot threaten the strategic nuclear forces of Russia. Interceptor missile SM-3 Block IA in service with NATO can combat only tactical theater missiles and not all of them. Nobody can intercept our Iskander-M yet. The tested modification Block IB has a slightly bigger range and altitude of interception but it is difficult for it to attack even middle-range missiles. Americans plan to develop new modifications of their interceptor missiles by 2015-2016. It is announced that they would be able to intercept targets at distances of up to 1,500 kilometers and kill intercontinental ballistic missiles, although not all of them but only those that have launch range of up to 6,000 kilometers.

It seems that such missiles can really pose a threat for the missile divisions of the Strategic Missile Forces in the European part of Russia. Their launched intercontinental ballistic missiles will be unable to complete acceleration, to jettison the stages, to separate warheads and to launch the means for penetration through AMD. However, the interceptors will be unable to intercept our missiles launched to targets in the US (through the North Pole) from positions of the divisions of the Vladimir missile army. Interceptors will have to catch up with them from an inconvenient position. Our missiles that attack, for example, the UK, will be intercepted. In any case, such option for use of the nearest missiles to Europe is unlikely because other means of the strategic nuclear forces from other areas are intended for such targets.

Russia is quite justly concerned about the fact of deployment of interceptor missiles and, what is much worse, AMD radar stations. There are no interceptors that can catch up with intercontinental ballistic missiles today and there will be no such interceptors tomorrow. They may appear the day after tomorrow. Americans are also working on development of warheads with several interceptors, which is already more dangerous. That is why so far Russia will pressurize its partners at the negotiations, prepare response measures and take those of them that do not require breaching of the negotiation regime achieved with difficulties. Besides, achievement of an agreement on AMD is realistic yet. As to the ultimatum, it will be possible to fulfill it at any moment. Avangard, Liner and Neizbezhnost.

Some controlled ‘leakages’ (there cannot be any other leakages in such delicate area as strategic nuclear forces) of information about the novelties developed and tested by Russia in this field look interesting with regard to the AMD discussion.

A seemingly ordinary launch of a maritime ballistic missile from Yekaterinburg cruiser submarine was performed quite recently, at the end of May. Three days later, it became known that instead of Sineva-2 missile, although being new but being in service already since 2007, Russia successfully tested new missile Liner. So far, it is difficult to say for sure what kind of Liner this is.

The following is the most likely. Liner is Sineva-2 with improved protection from AMD assets at the initial stage and new better warheads. Thus, Sineva more vulnerable during the launch in comparison to Bulava reduces its gap with the new missile. Quite recently, Defense Minister A. Serdyukov also announced, ‘Supply of strategic missiles will grow more than threefold (Topol- M, Yars, Avangard) and supply of submarine-based ballistic missiles (Sineva, Bulava) will grow by 50%.’

Naturally, this means good news. However, everyone concerned about the matters of strategic stability was alarmed by mentioning of mysterious intercontinental ballistic missile Avangard. What is it? The proposal that Avangard is the advanced intercontinental ballistic missile that has to replace Voevoda is obviously wrong. The reason is that adoption of the new heavy missile for service is not planned earlier than between 2016 and 2018. Meanwhile, Serdyukov spoke about series production.

There is a version that Avangard is further development of the newest intercontinental ballistic missile Yars. It is presumed that the new missile has no separation stage that aims warheads at targets. Henceforth, they will be separated with assistance of their own engines. Yu. Solomonov speak about this in his recent interview. Along with this, Avangard may also turn out to be a silo version of mobile system Yars.

In our opinion, the most likely version is that Avangard is a fully new missile system developed in top secrecy. Nobody heard anything about Yars until the first launch too. Even today many people consider this missile only Topol-M with MIRVs. But this is wrong. Yars differs by new fuel and by many other components. Avangard may quite turn out to be an absolutely new system with unknown characteristics and capabilities.

In any case, both names are revealed not accidentally but for the purpose of making of the ‘strategic partners’ on the other coast of the ocean worry and think by what else ‘those Russians’ can surprise them soon. Our designers have enough projects in stock. Among the projects mentioned in open sources there is also such name as Neizbezhnost. Of course, this name may not belong to a missile system but may belong to another component of the strategic nuclear forces, but just agree that it sounds very optimistic (this name means ‘Inevitability,’ – translator’s note). It also leads people to the thoughts not only about eternal things but also about the fact that any attempts of the US to achieve decisive superiority in the field of strategic nuclear deterrence are inevitably doomed to fail.

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