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2021-04-30 Science & Technology

Russian frigate narrowly avoids blasting ITSELF in failed weapon test as cruise missile spins in the air before exploding in the sea just yards from the vessel

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-04-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

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Wondering out loud ....Could the aircraft video taping the launch, maybe have jammed the GPS guidance system? ☺

Posted by NN2N1 2021-04-30 07:33|| 2021-04-30 07:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Shitty Russian quality control. My guess is the booster rocket thrust vectoring controls got stuck after actuating to tip the missile over.

The Russians also like to cold launch missiles (not in this case). One of the hazards of cold launch missiles is it falling back on you if it fails to ignite.

Posted by Sneart Thromonter8301 2021-04-30 07:57|| 2021-04-30 07:57|| Front Page Top

I blame secret IDF advanced satellite dynamic re-tasking software.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-04-30 08:19|| 2021-04-30 08:19|| Front Page Top

#4 The Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate is being renamed Kursk II

Posted by Frank G 2021-04-30 09:46|| 2021-04-30 09:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Ha ha ha ha

-goes back to switching out US Navy semaphore flags with LGQWERTY flags-

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-04-30 13:31|| 2021-04-30 13:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Could the aircraft video taping the launch, maybe have jammed the GPS guidance system?

Maybe the aircraft was targeting the Frigate, to keep an eye on it, and the missile picked up on it.
Not a military person myself...

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-04-30 13:45|| 2021-04-30 13:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Think ST8301 has it; and like a bad firework I kept waiting for the missile to skip across the water and into a ship, but the captains didn't seem too concerned.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-04-30 14:49|| 2021-04-30 14:49|| Front Page Top

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