Find any recent pic of the ship. It has a Nera satcom system with NERA written in big letters on it.

the difference is modern computer controlled manufacturing is supposed to cut down on the number of test launches needed. Something is seriously wrong if they need to do the same number of test launches today as they did in the 1970’s.

There have been rumors of his being forced out for a few months now. I dont know if you can use his subdued take of the IMDS show to mean anything though. From the pics I’ve seen there was NOTHING at IMDS to get excited about.

Modern liquid fueled missiles are fueled only once and then the fuel is “sealed” in for the operational life of the missile. We know that Russian liquid fueled missiles have shorter shelf lives than their Western solid fueled counterparts, but this was also true of the RS-20 solid fuel missile. Tolerances in Russia have never been what they are in the West. It has nothing to do with liquid v. solid fuel. Absent someone drilling into the missile the thing will not leak for the 10-12 years its rated for. There are sensors in place to spot leaks too. Solid fuels advantages are questionable. The Russians have perfected liquid fueled rockets to such a point where there is little difference. For their part solid fueled rockets are less efficient and slower on boost.

they use magnesium for the radar housing because its so light weight right? That should explain why there isnt so much as a trace of the radar….

http://www.russiandefenseblog.org/?p=201

Ukraine looks to Western European yards for new corvette options.

Was Murmansk really scrapped at Zvezdochka? Maybe he is still sitting in the yard and that’s the Oscar 1 they are talking about? Not everything they say they will scrap is actually scrapped, we saw that with Tuman the third Neustrashimy hull that magically reappeared and the same is true of the Kirov hulls that were supposed to be scrapped but are still around rusting.