53T6 Gazelle ABM short-range interceptor missile test launch at Sary Shagan - amateur footage

The 53T6 [NATO reporting name GAZELLE] is a short-range ABM interceptor missile, which was first introduced in the mid-1980s, was designed to intercept ballistic missile reentry vehicles inside the atmosphere. The missile, which has not been displayed in public, is thought to be similar in design and mission to the US Sprint interceptor that was part of the Sentinel/Safeguard system.

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• shagan
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• Gazelle
• test
• launch
• short-range
• ABM
• interceptor
• missile
• moscow
• pvo
• intercept
• ballistic
• defense
• sprint
• safeguard
• reentry
• vehicles

[ymanganelli]

wowo that was awesome..

[CHERIKUGAJEVIKUGA]

pretyfast.why is that brown ash fumes from nozzle?????

[keon191]

thats a big bottle rocket o.o

[shvaky]

@Sowyet

any figures? Open sources give 140G initial stress, 3-4 km per second speed (on a trajectory). So this leads me to a conclusion that even if it's not 10 secs it's smthng close to it. 15?

[Sowyet]

@shvaky impossible

[shvaky]

@thetrolone

it is designed against ballistic warheads. They travel straight down which implies the anti-rocket should travel straight up.

[shvaky]

@Sowyet

yeah, the one that reaches 40 kilometer altitude in just 10 seconds.

[Sowyet]

this is homemade rocket?

[thetrolone]

what if the target is just at the side, no point gong straight up DOH!

[AlbatrossDude]

Well, it's very quick!