Sunday, November 2, 2014

Another SLBM Launch Scheduled for Next Week?

Flight bans (red) and flight route restrictions (green) for possible SLBM launch -- November 5-8, 2014
(Map courtesy of Google Earth)

Several flight bans and flight route restrictions have been announced for November 5-7, 2014:
Flight Bans
G2239/14 - TEMPO DANGER AREAS ACT WI COORD:

.....AREA 1: 693300N 0343200E-693300N 0350000E-692900N 0350000E-693100N 0344000E-693300N 0343200E.
.....AREA 2: 713000N 0345000E-711200N 0374700E-710200N 0374500E-702500N 0371100E-704200N 0342000E-705300N 0342000E-713000N 0345000E.
.....SFC - UNL, DAILY 0200-1200, 05 NOV 02:00 2014 UNTIL 07 NOV 12:00 2014

G2240/14 - TEMPO DANGER AREA ACT WI COORDINATES:
.....825300N 1050800E-823500N 1052500E-813600N 1051200E-813400N 1040900E-811900N 0894600E-813600N 0884800E-823300N 0865600E-823900N 0880700E-825300N 1050800E.

.....SFC - UNL, DAILY 0200-1200, 05 NOV 02:00 2014 UNTIL 07 NOV 12:00 2014.

Flight Restrictions
G2237/14 - ATS RTE SEGMENTS CLSD:
.....B488 NUTLA - BALUD, B815 EVMUV - LIMUS, B816 ATKUP - LIMUS.

.....SFC - UNL, DAILY 0200-1200, 05 NOV 02:00 2014 UNTIL 07 NOV 12:00 2014.

G2238/14 - FLW ATS RTE SEGMENTS CLSD:
.....B480 BADRO - BESON, B934 MOTEM - RAVUL, G490 DEVID - KUTET.
.....SFC - UNL, DAILY 0200-1200, 05 NOV 02:00 2014 UNTIL 07 NOV 12:00 2014.

P7768/14 -

.....ATS RTE B240 SEGMENT TILICHIKI NDB (TK) - OKLED CLSD.
.....SFC - UNL, DAILY 0200-1200, 05 NOV 02:00 2014 UNTIL 07 NOV 12:00 2014.
The above depicts the exact same flight restrictions and nearly the same flight ban coordinates used when Delta IV SSBN "Bryansk" launched a single SS-N-23 Skiff SLBM from the Barents Sea on October 30, 2014, which suggests this, too, will be used for an SS-N-23 launch.

The last SS-N-23 launch event occurred on May 8, 2014, when Delta IV SSBN "Tula" launched a single missile from the Barents Sea.