Chizha test range ( rus, полигон "Чижа") is a missile test range on the
Kanin Peninsula in the
Nenets Autonomous Okrug in northern Russia.
The village of Chizha is located on the
River Chizha
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, which flows into the
Barents Sea on the west side of the Kanin Peninsula. There is an aerodrome nearby and a monitoring station located at . Chizha test range is described as being on the tip of
Cape Kanin, which is , to the north.
On 19 October 2012 an
R-29R Submarine-launched ballistic missile
A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), each of which carries a nuclear warhead ...
was launched from the
Delta III class submarine
The Delta III-class submarine, Soviet designation Project 667BDR ''Kaľmar'' (Squid), is a large ballistic missile submarine operated by the Russian Navy. Like other previous s, the Delta III class is a double hulled design, with a thin low mag ...
K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets towards the test range at Chizha. The submarine was in the
Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk ( rus, Охо́тское мо́ре, Ohótskoye móre ; ja, オホーツク海, Ohōtsuku-kai) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands ...
, near the Pacific Ocean, over away.
The same submarine had previously launched a missile towards Chizha on 28 October 2010, and on 9 October 2009.
See also
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Kura Test Range
References
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[{{cite web, url=http://russianforces.org/blog/2012/10/successful_r-29r_slbm_launch_f.shtml, title=Successful R-29R SLBM launch from the Sea of Okhotsk, publisher=Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, first=Pavel, last=Podvig, date=2012-10-19, accessdate=2012-10-20]
[{{cite web, url=http://www.vz.ru/news/2012/10/19/603340.html
, script-title=ru:АПЛ ТОФ произвела успешный пуск баллистической ракеты Р-29Р, trans-title=Pacific Fleet submarine conducted a successful launch of a R-29-R ballistic missile, publisher=ВЗГЛЯД.РУ zglyad.rulanguage=Russian, date=2012-10-19, accessdate=2012-10-20]
[{{cite web, url=http://www.ria.ru/military_exercise/20121019/904549020.html
, script-title=ru:ВМФ РФ успешно запустил баллистическую ракету из Охотского моря, trans-title=The Russian Navy successfully launched a ballistic missile from the Sea of Okhotsk, publisher=RIA Novosti, language=Russian, date=2012-10-19, accessdate=2012-10-20]
[{{cite web, url=http://russianforces.org/blog/2010/10/r-29rm_sineva_and_r-29r_launch.shtml, title=R-29RM Sineva and R-29R launched successfully, publisher=Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, first=Pavel, last=Podvig, date=2010-10-28, accessdate=2012-10-20]
[{{cite web, url=http://russianforces.org/blog/2009/10/two_test_launches_of_r-29r_mis.shtml, title=Two test launches of R-29R missiles, publisher=Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, first=Pavel, last=Podvig, date=2009-10-09, accessdate=2012-10-20]
Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Buildings and structures in Nenets Autonomous Okrug