[FPSPACE] Spiral UFO puts Norway in a spin

[Anatoly Zak]

IMHO, the spiral which was visible was WAY too large to be caused by vernier
thrusters stabilizing the missile. It was more likely missile itself doing
the spiral. I also don't think you need a physical damage of the engine for
a missile to do something like that. A jammed main nozzle or just failed
flight control system, or attitude control thruster, which would not shut
down, could all produce this kind of movement:

Anatoly Zak
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/rockets_slbm.html#bulava12



On 12/11/09 1:02 PM, "Porter, William R" <wrporter at iupui.edu> wrote:

> What this did remind me of a picture that a friend of mine who worked on the
> old Sprint ABM weapons system had on his wall. The Sprint, which was a solid
> booster, used either liquid helium or nitrogen to vector its trust. Well one
> of the vectoring jets had malfunctioned and there was this picture of this
> Sprint spiraling down the test range parallel to the ground about Mach 1. I'd
> love to see the film of that some day.
> 
> Randall Porter
> 
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> 
>> I suspect that this sighting and these detailed images are
>> being excitedly studied within US intelligence circles to assess the
>> vaunted ABM-countermeasures that the Russians have advertised the
>> missile incorporates.
> 
> Along those lines, I note that the AN/FPS-129/HAVE STARE/GLOBUS II X-band
> imaging radar at Vardø was designed to collect exactly that kind of
> intelligence. It would be surprising if the Bulava launch weren't being
> scrutinized by that and perhaps other radars.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_II
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/FPS-129
> 
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