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FORBIN said:

Russia Successfully Test-Fires Bulava SLBM, MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) –

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SEVEROMORSK, September 10 (RIA Novosti) – Russia plans to test-fire two more Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) later this year, a source in Russia’s Northern Fleet told RIA Novosti Wednesday.

“Two more Bulava launches are scheduled to take place from two nuclear-powered Borey-class submarines, the Yury Dolgoruky and the Alexander Nevsky,” the source said.

Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that a Bulava SLBM had been test-fired from northwestern Russia and hit a simulated target in Far East. The missile was launched from the Vladimir Monomakh nuclear-powered submarine from a location off northwest Russia’s White Sea.

Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said the launch was part of the state tests of weapons and systems of the Vladimir Monomakh nuclear submarine.

The three-stage Bulava SLBM carries up to 10 independent warheads and has a range of 8,000 kilometers (about 5,000 miles).

The testing of the Bulava missiles has seen failures in the past. In September 2013, during state trials of the Aleksander Nevsky nuclear submarine a Bulava rocket experienced a malfunction. Following this incident, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered to hold five additional launches of Bulava missiles.

Despite some test failures, the Russian military insisted there was no alternative to the Bulava as the main armament for Russia’s new Borey-class strategic missile submarines that are expected to become the backbone of the Russian Navy’s strategic nuclear deterrent force.

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FORBIN said:

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Upcoming launch of the Bulava missile could be a salvo

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Jura said:

I've seen (on youtube? in the Russian Internet?) an awesome video of a Soviet submarine successfully launching ALL (12, I believe) missiles (with their weight exactly matching that of missiles with warheads) in as short time as possible (like three minutes?) with the hope of resurfacing ... happened back in 1970s(?) ... does somebody have a link (or at least knows the name of the sub doing this so that I could search Russian Internet sources)?

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thunderchief said:

Operation Behemoth 2 , 16 x RSM-54 from Delta-IV sub in 1991 (4:32)

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Two F-22 fighter jets intercepted six Russian military airplanes that neared the western coast of Alaska, military officials said Friday.

Lt. Col. Michael Jazdyk, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said the U.S. jets intercepted the planes about 55 nautical miles from the Alaskan coast at about 7 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday.

The Russian planes were identified as two IL-78 refueling tankers, two Mig-31 fighter jets and two Bear long-range bombers. They looped south and returned to their base in Russia after the U.S. jets were scrambled.

At about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, two Canadian CF-18 fighter jets intercepted two of the long-range bombers about 40 nautical miles off the Canadian coastline in the Beaufort Sea.

In both cases, the Russian planes entered the Air Defense Identification Zone, which extends about 200 miles from the coastline. They did not enter sovereign airspace of the United States or Canada.

Jazdyk said the fighter jets were scrambled "basically to let those aircraft know that we see them, and in case of a threat, to let them know we are there to protect our sovereign airspace."

In the past five years, jets under NORAD's command have intercepted more than 50 Russian bombers approaching North American airspace.

NORAD is a binational American and Canadian command responsible for air defense in North America.

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thunderchief said:

Close encounter between Mig-31 and F-22 in Alaska AIDZ . My take : Russians probably want to know could they detect F-22 with huge Zaslon radar, and of course at what distance :

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