[kellyhound]

Video has emerged of a Russian military test missile launch exploding moments after launch and crashing to earth in a huge fireball.

The extraordinary video is believed to show a major Russian missile launch failure soon after launch.

A monumental firework display lit-up the night sky at Kapustin Yar rocket launch and development site in the Astrakhan region, east of Volgograd.

Reports - not confirmed by the Russian defence ministry - initially suggested a failed launch of a S-300 Favorit (Favourite) military missile system.

However a report by lenta.ru news site claims the failed launch from Vladimir Putin’s rocket forces was an S-350 Vityaz and that the hushed-up incident was on December 7.

[William May]

Looks like a solid-fueled rocket, probably with aluminum mixed as part of the propellant, (due to the bright white light.) We blow rockets up all the time, too, you know.

[Necrotic Bowel]

I’ll bet that vodka was somehow involved in this.

[Desert Rat]

Has the rocket dashcam been recovered?

[RiversEdge]

done at night, to disguise their failures?

[Nitemare]

That looked pretty cool. Thanks

[Trucked up]

russian nukes in WW3