Ivan’s SLBM Fail

By John Noonan
Published July 30, 2009 5:45pm ET
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Ivan’s SLBM Fail
Sixth Seventh times’ a charm. So much for Russia’s sparkling new nuclear arsenal — the Bulava was purportedly Putin’s baby. For the uninitiated, this is not an optimal missile trajectory. They point those things at us, so I’ll hoist a beer to this epic snafu. Credit to the Ruskies though, they’re a determined bunch. Obama […]

Sixth Seventh times’ a charm. So much for Russia’s sparkling new nuclear arsenal — the Bulava was purportedly Putin’s baby. For the uninitiated, this is not an optimal missile trajectory.

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