Submarine Launched Trident PEM-1 Launch Failure

[DGF2099]

Wow, I bought a bootleg Roman candle on the internet that worked better than this thing!

[sferrin2]

Trident D-5 is something like 140 successful launches in a row since this first failure. In fact it's the most successful large ballistic missile. Ever. Suck it haters.

[malamagr]

I remember when this happened. It was a big deal, the 1st launch of the T2 and they showed Soviet spy trawlers on the scene. They had to postpone the launch because a trawler got too close to the sub. The next day they said water pressure on a nozzle had damaged a gimbal, the air bubble didn't protect the nozzle as it was supposed to. They tried it again just a couple of days later, and it worked.

[simonsmokeynov]

@malamagr they put a cover on the nozzle to protect it so water wouldn't get sucked up into it as it came out of the water and it worked. air alone didn't work apparently

[MyGonzalitro]

What a waste of money,loosers. Fuck the americans and the russians!!!

[SuperRedbaron221]

That really makes me feel protected by our own armed forces!

[repairdroid77]

China invented fireworks, the USA and Russia just make them bigger.

[rebelientje]

In soviet Russia, missiles do whatever the fuck they want!

[cutterschoicenotmine]

the most expensive catherine wheel i've ever seen!

[Tossphate]

IBCW InterBallistic Catherine Wheel

[CyclonicTuna023]

USA.....still nuking ther own asses

[Northerncalwolf]

I had the photo from the Seattle P.I for years,framed. I figured that the cost to every taxpayer in the U.S. was about 5 bux. it was the BEST 5 bux Ive ever watched fail!

[blanbproductionshd]

i see the military is advancing preety well

[kuruki213]

Wow fireworks just keep getting bigger and bigger

[TwinTiB]

1st i was like :/ but then i xD

[Landotter1]

oops

[bill7437emtp]

that is definately a D-5 missile and I remember that fottage because they showed it to us over and over.

[bill7437emtp]

How about adding a little bit of the history here. This was PEM 3 launched off of the Uss Tennessee SSBN 734. It was investigated and found that there was a water spike that was drawn up into the nozzle andaffected the nozzle and fuel. The fix for this actually was to place a condom on the bottom of the nozzle. I was part of the crew of the USS Pennsylvania and we were the first crew to run a ripple shot of 4 missiles back to back. This shot happened somewhere in the 1989 timeframe.

[sespear86]

@bill7437emtp It looks more like the footage of the 1988 failed launch from the Uss Simon Bolivar SSBN 641. And the Uss Tennesse was a PEM 1.

[Qdraw]

@bill7437emtp

Hey Bill, I was on board for that launch... that was PEM 1 on the 734 (Blue), and you are right about the cause though, and your memory is correct, March of 89.

[88Phobos]

Id like see nuclearwar... prolly starter would just blow its owncountry up x)

[galaxaone]

@88Phobos lol i was thinking the same

[syntaxerror9]

Made USA and sold to British to insure dependence!

[chuckeieio]

Made in Taiwan. Garbage!

[problemloadingpage]

it would have worked, but it looks like the liftoff was to slow to produce a stable speed, and once it breached the water, became unstable and flipped.

[urfacescaresme]

good thing they dint have danger close pro on

[cherrybombs8]

@urfacescaresme hoorah to that broski lol

[slipkn0t0wns]

it kind of looks like a donut

[scottblosser]

I was standing Engineroom Forward and felt the explosion.

[tcacfoh]

when they recovered the electronics, they were still able to download the data, the guidance system was trying to correct the entire time...

[areiacreations]

Now you don't want a nuke on that thing!

[williamday247]

Fail XD

[HeliosPhoenix]

I remember reading that the captain of the sub was so shocked that he was standing at the Periscope for like an hour.

[Qdraw]

@HeliosPhoenix

Not true... we went Emergency Deep right after launch. The Range Sentinel relayed what was going on as we were showered in the remnants.

[Vortex2044]

The Norway spiral was perfectly symmetrical. This was nothing even close to that.

[stephenvaldes]

one difference i notice with the spiral in norway is that it's a double spiral, not a single like what is shown by this video.another is the black hole created after it extinguishes.

[LanciaS4]

Best pinwheel firework I've ever seen

[drakeconstant]

made in usa xD

[Deathrepper120]

na its Russia 

[8cdd5735]

the rocket in norway was in the upper atmosphere where obviously it would look different

[08xiaomav08]

too much thrust... i think...

[TedCySam]

It was a broken strut used for thrust nozzle control. It broke before the motor ignited. They beefed it up and it never happened again. That RSO was slow on the switch though. He should've self destructed it by the time it was horizontal the first time, not on the fifth time.

[artwleb]

Maybe the RSO hoped it would clear the submarine. Hard to believe any nozzle gimbaling/deflection would allow that much abrupt turning.......real shocker to see that failure after 29

years of launching from submerged subs.

[TedCySam]

It already had cleared the boat, by waiting so long the RSO allowed it to get closer to the sail (it detonated over the TI mast). IIRC this was the 3rd attempt at a D-5 launch and the new gas generator exhaust broke the strut. The missile was designed to be able to launch in heavy seas where the boat might be rolling as much as 30 degrees at launch. The deflection angles were there to compensate for that possible eventuality.

[08xiaomav08]

wow, sensory overload... XD

[thatstheguy07]

yea-

gregvgoebel- good idea on deleting that reply. wtf were u talking about. wheres my ignorance?? this video of a missle going into a 'spiral' looks NOTHING like what we saw in norway. to show this video and say "see? we told u it was a failed missle!" is laughable at best. this is a failed, out of control missle that 'sort of spiraled' for about 3 seconds and exploded. we saw NOTHING like that in norway. so get outta here with that silly nonsense.

[thatstheguy07]

yea, definitely that blue spiral thing in the sky in norway. lol!

[millionthmonkeymusic]

Christ on a cracker. That's all.

(Btw, this missile certainly did not cause a light show of symmetrical blue spirals before failing epically. The spiral over Norway...I don't know, look closer if you think they're the same phenomena. I never mentioned UFOs.)

[ZeusOwnsYou]

it was a reptilian portal from the vexanisuous system.

we are all doomed!

no it was a missile, stupid ufo faggots.

[stillnessONtheWAY]

I cant believe so many dumb comments.

Are you people just ignorant or just plain stupid?

[artwleb]

Inane comments is a sign of the times. Here is history to be learned but what do American youth post? Jokes. Rude and crude comments.

[John845]

People are retarded. There's no easier way to put it. You got to be fucking stupid to believe the missile story. Fucking morons.

[twism11]

the only thing that tell it was not a missile is the russian denying the story. if you knew a little bit a least about physics you'll realize thatthis is exactly the way a rocket spinning in space would look and behave . and no need to be harsh with people itMs a free world people can belive what they want even ignorant people like you

[John845]

@twism11 Ignorant hu, speak for yourself. It's sad seeing fools like you eating lies on a daily basis, pathetic actually.

[randomnuadh]

@John845 And you don't have to be stupid to believe its some kind of alien wormhole? That's even more retarded :p

[ronpack]

just like the russian missile in norway, except it was much much higher!

[stillnessONtheWAY]

that was not a missile in norway. Dont just believe what the media is feeding you.

Otherwise you are just another good SHEEP.

[bluesurfer1blue]

they got tired of playing solitaire in the submarine, and had a go at this

[LordMyoo]

Gotta get me some of those for New Year's Eve...

[funkasoris]

If you want an omelet, you've got to break a few hundred million eggs...

...or something?

[GWHH19]

there about 50 million down the tubes

[mmbbz]

good way to catch fish......

[RoudyRaccoon]

What fish?