Topic: Evening light show in Norway, possibly created by a misfired Russian missile
music_space Member
Posts: 1012 From: Canada Registered: Jul 2001
posted December 09, 2009 03:42 PM
The Sun and other media have reported, with pictures and videos, a unique night sky phenomena which might be due to a misfired Russian missile.
A MYSTERIOUS giant spiral of light that dominated the sky over Norway this morning has stunned experts -- who believe the space spectacle is an entirely new astral phenomenon.
Thousands of awe-struck Norwegians bombarded the Meteorological Institute to ask what the incredible light -- that could be seen in the pre-dawn sky for hundreds of miles -- could possibly be.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 23493 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted December 09, 2009 03:48 PM
Philip Member
Posts: 4495 From: Brussels, BELGIUM Registered: Jan 2001
Speculation was increasing today that the display was the result of an embarrassing failed test launch of a jinxed new Russian missile.
The Bulava missile was test-fired from the Dmitry Donskoi submarine in the White Sea early on Wednesday but failed at the third stage, say newspapers in Moscow today.
Philip Member
Posts: 4495 From: Brussels, BELGIUM Registered: Jan 2001
The Russian ICBM Bulava program is in trouble. On Wednesday, December 9th, a failed missile launch was visible over Northern Norway. So far, seven out of 13 tests have failed.
Another test launch a ballistic missile Bulava was conducted on December 9 with the board the nuclear submarine Dmitry Donskoy," reports the press-service management information, the Defense Ministry.
"As a result of start-up established that the first two stages of the rocket worked in normal mode, but at a subsequent third phase of the trajectory there was a technical failure," - said in a statement to the Defense Ministry, received by the Interfax on Thursday.
Philip Member
Posts: 4495 From: Brussels, BELGIUM Registered: Jan 2001
posted December 10, 2009 09:08 AM
Doug Ellison explains:
Jay Chladek Member
Posts: 1566 From: Bellevue, NE, USA Registered: Aug 2007
posted December 10, 2009 11:24 AM
Upon seeing that, I'd be expecting a voice to say "Do not attempt to adjust your screen. We are in control. We control the horizontal, we control the vertical..."
posted December 09, 2009 03:42 PM
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