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One 4 Yacht Group allows you to discover and enjoy the wonderful yachting lifestyle in the Pacific Northwest while continuing to balance the many demands of your family, business, and outside interests. We manage sail and power yachts from 36 to 70+ ft on behalf of sole and fractional owners.  We support and assist our clients in acquiring, enjoying, managing, maintaining & divesting their interests in late model pleasure yachts.  We assist our clients in planning and undertaking memorable yachting experiences.

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Met with John and he has done a great job assessing what needs to be done...Thanks.

Just arrived about 30 minutes ago.  We ran into a massive school of Porpoises about 500 metres NW of Entrance Island.  We have never seen so many in one spot.  We had them jumping our bow wake!  That was worth the trip in itself!

Thanks for the update. No I didn’t know about the storm. Glad you are on the job.

Great Sail on Saturday. Love the boat! Better than I expected. Looking forward to getting out for two weeks. Really pleased with the job you have done in getting everything ready and set up. Thanks very much.

A kid with free reign in a candy store could not be happier than Susan and I are at this moment.

We were a bit skeptical about going into a managed program, but, having owned a boat outright for many years, we had to accept that work and family schedule did not align with independent ownership. Much as we enjoy the maintenance of a boat, we just did not have the time to do it! This is why it really works for us; our yacht, which is moored in Granville, has been exceptionally well managed and maintained, allowing us to spend our limited time sailing.

Thank you for your kind and patient help over the past year!  It has been a pleasure, as always, working with and learning from you!  We hope that we will continue to work and enjoy excursions together in the future.

As a future reference, please feel free to provide my name to potential clients. I will always be glad to provide glowing remarks.

Thought I would send you the website of One4Yacht – as it appears, they presently have a ¼ share available in a Bavaria 42 foot.  If you wish to strike up a conversation with their guy, call Nuno (nice guy)… We have been owners since last Christmas and have been very pleased.

Thanks for the update and thanks for handling the whole issue as well as you did. Having you taking care of it all is another invaluable benefit from the fractional ownership program you guys manage.

While I am sincerely thrilled with the quality of the boat – I am equally thrilled and impressed by the level of service and professionalism that has been continually presented by Nuno Miguel Alves, of One 4 Yacht. From the outset of the process, Nuno has acted with utmost integrity and has earned all of the owner’s confidence and respect in dealing with the business side of the investment.

Thank-you! We appreciate all your patient hard work. Thanks for making our sailing dream come true!

Thanks Nancy, very useful information.  You’re right, we can’t wait to get back out there.

Nuno: Thanks very much. We appreciate your assistance in getting things organized.

The canvas work looks terrific! Many thanks for looking after the boat. Very good.

Awesome Nancy. Thank you!!!! Very thorough.

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23.47m  /  77'   sunreef yachts   2023.

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Special Features:

• Built in 2023
• Sleeps 8 guests
• Williams Jet Tenders
• Able to access shallow bays and coves

Luxury yacht One Planet combines style, performance and comfort for unforgettable charter vacations

The 23.5m/77'1" catamaran yacht 'One Planet' is an excellent new superyacht for the luxury charter market. Delivered by the Polish shipyard Sunreef Yachts she can comfortably accommodate up to 8 guests in 4 cabins.

Offering well-appointed deck areas, One Planet grants freedom to cruise breathtaking shallow anchorages in style and comfort.

Guest Accommodation

Built in 2023, One Planet offers guest accommodation for up to 8 guests in 4 suites.

Onboard Comfort & Entertainment

Whatever your activities on your charter, you'll find some impressive features are seamlessly integrated to help you such as Wi-Fi connectivity, allowing you to stay connected at all times, should you wish. You can stay comfortable on board whatever the weather, with air conditioning during your charter.

Performance & Range

One Planet comfortably cruises at 8 knots. With a shallow draft of One Planet can anchor closer to coves and sheltered bays overnight.

When not cruising One Planet has onboard an incredible selection of water toys and accessories for you and your guests to connect with the waters around you. Principle among these are two F5S SEABOBs, that allow you to skim along the surface or steer under the crystal water and experience life swimming with the fish. Another excellent feature are wakeboards so guests can show off at speed. Additionally, there are two kayaks - a tranquil and relaxing way to pass the time. One Planet has a Williams Jet Tenders to transfer you from ship to shore.

Book your next luxury yacht charter aboard One Planet this winter. She is already accepting bookings this summer for cruising in the Mediterranean.

A charter on catamaran yacht One Planet will offer you a week of unforgettable family memories

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For your relaxation and entertainment One Planet has the following facilities, for more details please speak to your yacht charter broker.

One Planet is reported to be available to Charter with the following recreation facilities:

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• Williams Jet Tenders 110 HP engine

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'One Planet' Charter Rates & Destinations

Summer Season

May - September

€65,000 p/week + expenses Approx $71,000

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€75,000 p/week + expenses Approx $81,500

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Mediterranean France, Italy, Monaco

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Boat Test: 2023 MJM 4

• By Arnie Hammerman
• April 23, 2023

From above, the MJM 4 looks like an oversize bowrider with a contoured hardtop powered by up to 1,200 hp of twin or triple outboards. Convenient cockpit access is through a starboard-side gunwale door or the swim platform. The main deck layout is ideal for temperate climates because the open cockpit lounge connects to the hardtop-covered salon, then back outside to the bow lounge.

Interior and Accessories

The bow lounge offers an open sunning area and a great place to ride with the wind in your hair. Behind the windshield under the hardtop, windows and hatches in the salon/helm can open to the breeze, or seal them for climate control when using the optional reverse-cycle heat and air conditioning ($26,767). The L-shaped aft cockpit lounge features a removable teak table for alfresco dining, which easily covers with a stout Bimini with strut-shaped tensioning turnbuckles that allow its use while running.

What the gull’s-eye view doesn’t show is that the MJM 4 offers belowdecks amenities. In the cabin, we found a flat-screen TV and a forward lounge/berth. Another double berth tucked under the salon floor includes a fan and a convenient cubby with phone-charging plugs. There are opening hatches for ventilation and good-looking cherry-paneled storage. A Tecma freshwater flush electric head and separate shower compartment complete these accommodations.

We don’t know of another boat this size that offers large bow and aft cockpits, a pilothouse and relatively spacious cruising accommodations. Shoppers might consider Tiara’s luxurious and beamier 43LS ($1,337,900 powered like our test boat), which offers comparable performance but a center-console layout. One might also look at Formula ’s smaller 350 CBR ($781,120 with triple 300 Mercury Verados and joystick), which offers a semi-enclosed helm and fore and aft cockpits.  

The flexible layout of the MJM 4 sparked my interest, but its twin 600 hp Mercury V-12 Verados had me itching to throw down the throttles. These massive engines prove eerily quiet. Using the joystick, which provides an additional 15 degrees of turning radius, we eased stealthily sideways off the dock. There is no clunking during shifting—just smooth control. As you may know, only the gear case of these engines turns while the midsections and powerheads remain stationary. Primarily, the articulating gear cases allow these big engines to mount on 27-inch centers like other smaller multi–engine installations, so more can fit on any given transom.

I cranked the boat up to a zippy top speed just under 55 mph. Acceleration was smooth, with the shifting of the two-speed transmission barely perceptible. The Garmin 12-inch MFD showed a top speed of 60.4 mph that I couldn’t replicate given our test boat was laden with a ton of boat-show equipment and brochures. (We ran it the length of Long Island Sound from the Newport Boat Show to the Norwalk Boat Show.) 

A fast cruise of 44.5 mph burned 67 gph, giving a range of 285 miles with a 10 percent reserve. More impressive is the lack of bow rise, nor any slamming or flexing of the hull as we ran into the chop. The narrow entry slices through sloppy conditions, and spray is deflected aside. According to MJM, the in-house design team added more bow flare to the MJM 4. I looked in the front and saw the uncovered bow seats were dry.

Hitting rougher water, I slowed to 28.6 mph. We ran all day heading into the wind and chop funneling out of Long Island Sound at this speed, netting a range of 365 miles. During high-speed turns, the MJM 4 gently leaned and sliced through the choppy waves while the big Mercs purred like giant kittens. Even at wide-open throttle, sound readings never exceeded 86 decibels, most of which was from the wind and water, not the engines.

One reason the MJM 4 handles well in rough conditions is the boat’s vacuum-infused epoxy-composite construction. MJM uses biaxial E-glass and Corecell foam core in the hull and deck. The keel, stem and transom corners are solid E-glass. After layup, the parts are post-cured (warmed at a precise temperature). This type of epoxy construction yields boats with tremendous strength-to-weight ratios. The MJM 4 fully loaded weighs only 17,730 pounds. Lightweight and rigid structure combine to help seakeeping and performance, as does the relatively narrow beam and hull refinement, of course.

The MJM 4 is fast and fun to drive. It’s a must-see for those seeking a top-of-the-line outboard-powered dayboat.

How We Tested

• Engines: Twin 600 hp Mercury V-12 Verados
• Drive/Props: Outboard/27″ pitch contra-rotating stainless-steel prop sets
• Gear Ratio: 2.50:1 Fuel Load: 375 gal. Water on Board: 90 gal. Crew Weight: 790 lb.

High Points 

• Layout offers fore-and-aft flow plus multiple social areas.
• Lightweight epoxy-composite hull with a fine entry and relatively narrow beam helps the boat perform.
• Twin Mercury Verado 600s with joysticks are fast, quiet and smooth-running, and their steerable gear cases make the boat easy to maneuver.
• Midberth offers only 2 feet, 1 inch of headroom, which is tight for adults.
• No door separating the sleeping areas.
• Fuel fills and opening door are only to starboard.

Pricing and Specs

Speed, efficiency, operation.

MJM Yachts – Washington, North Carolina; 252-644-6001; mjmyachts.com

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Burevestnik: a Russian air-launched anti-satellite system

By bart hendrickx monday, april 27, 2020.

In September 2018, an aircraft photographer noticed something interesting while observing activity at the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky near Moscow, sometimes called the “Russian Edwards Air Force Base.” What caught his attention was a MiG-31BM fighter jet with a large black missile suspended under its belly. While this specific aircraft had been seen before, the rocket was new. The pictures he posted on the Internet baffled observers: it seemed to be too big to be an air-to-air or an air-to-surface missile. It did appear to be the right size for an anti-satellite weapon.

The pictures brought back memories of a Soviet-era ASAT project called Kontakt, which comprised the MiG-31D aircraft and a missile of the MKB Fakel design bureau outfitted with a kinetic kill vehicle. Kontakt was the Soviet response to the American Air-Launched Miniature Vehicle or ASM-135A, which destroyed a US satellite in September 1985 after having been dropped from an F-15 fighter jet. Test flights of the MiG-31D with the missile were reportedly conducted in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but without targeting satellites.

So it looked like the new project could well be a reincarnation of Kontakt, as was speculated in many articles in the weeks following the release of the pictures. Backing up that idea were at least two statements made by Russian officials. In August 2009, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force, Aleksandr Zelin, had declared that the MiG-31 was being upgraded to perform the same space defense tasks as in the Soviet days. About eight years later, in February 2017, a squadron commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Yevgeny Polyakov, was quoted as saying by the Russian Ministry of Defense’s Zvezda TV channel that a new missile was being developed for the MiG-31BM “capable of destroying targets in near-space.”

Analysis of publicly accessible online Russian sources now leaves little doubt that the MiG-31BM and the rocket are part of a broader ASAT project called Burevestnik (“Stormy Petrel”). Most likely, the rocket will not carry a kinetic kill vehicle like its Soviet-era predecessor, but will serve as a launch vehicle for small interceptor satellites that can approach and disable enemy satellites.

Burevestnik, a popular name in Russian culture, was also the name given by popular vote to a nuclear-powered cruise missile (9M730) not long after it was unveiled by President Vladimir Putin during his State of the Union address in March 2018. This has no connection whatsoever to the ASAT project.

The Burevestnik satellites

Burevestnik has never been discussed in Russia’s state-controlled media or even in specialized Russian space publications, but details about the project have slowly leaked out in recent years, mainly via openly available tender documentation and contracts on Russia’s government procurement website. These showed that the project began on September 1, 2011, with a government contract awarded to the Design Bureau of Machine Building (NPK KBM), a weapon manufacturer based in Kolomna (about 100 kilometers southeast of Moscow) that seems to be the overall coordinator of the project. At the end of that same month, NPK KBM signed a contract with a Moscow-based organization called the Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (TsNIIKhM or CNIIHM), which in turn subcontracted work on satellites called Burevestnik-M.

Another phase in the project began on December 1, 2015, when NPK KBM received another government contract under which CNIIHM subsequently performed work on satellites named Burevestnik-KA-M. The difference between Burevestnik-M and Burevestnik-KA-M is not known, but a PowerPoint presentation (in Russian) of a Russian solar panel and battery manufacturer (PAO Saturn) that somehow ended up online in May last year clearly identified them as two different satellites. The hush-hush nature of the project as well as the background of some of the contractors involved strongly pointed to an ASAT role, as was discussed in an earlier article here (see “Russia’s secret satellite builder” , The Space Review, May 9, 2019).

The Burevestnik rocket

What has emerged from further research in recent weeks is that the scope of the Burevestnik project is much broader than earlier believed. First, it turned out that another component of the project is a solid-fuel rocket. A rocket by the name Burevestnik first showed up in the annual report of the Russian Academy of Sciences for 2015, where it was said to be one of several rockets for which new types of solid propellant were being developed. No further details on it emerged in the following years.

Analysis of procurement documents now shows that the rocket has the code name “293” and is built by NPO Iskra, a manufacturer of solid-fuel rocket motors in Perm (roughly 1,400 kilometers east of Moscow). Contracts for “293” (some of which also mention the name Burevestnik) refer back to the same September 1, 2011, contract awarded to NPK KBM that is also seen in documents on the Burevestnik satellites, leaving no doubt that the two are part of the same project. NPO Perm was assigned to “293” by NPK KBM on the very same day. Some of the contracts for “293” are based on an earlier government contract dated August 7, 2009, suggesting the roots of the project may go back even further.

Available contracts for the “293” rocket going back to 2013 regularly mention parts called 14D812, 14D813, and 14S47, which presumably are the rocket’s individual stages. 14S47 fits in a series of indexes for upper stages of space launch vehicles, strongly suggesting it performs the same role. Procurement documents placed online by NPO Iskra in recent months also show that the company began working in December 2018 on another rocket called “328”. The parts ordered for this indicate that it is a modified version of the “293” rocket, possibly using the new solid propellants mentioned in the 2015 Academy of Sciences report. Two companies linked to that work in the report are also seen in one of the contracts for the “328” rocket.

The MiG carrier aircraft

A search for the “293” rocket on Russia’s government procurement website subsequently revealed that it is an air-launched rocket to be carried aloft by a modified version of the MiG-31 aircraft. A contract (in Russian) signed by the Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (RSK MiG) in August last year is for work “to determine the safety of operating Object 08 with Product 293 under the influence of naturally and artificially produced electromagnetic fields.” This work was to be completed in four months and would involve both a mock-up and “live” version of the rocket.

This is unmistakable evidence that “293”, the solid-fuel rocket built by NPO Iskra as part of Burevestnik, is designed to be carried by a MiG aircraft described as Object 08. This almost certainly is the MiG-31BM aircraft with number “81” that was seen carrying the mysterious black rocket in September 2018. One other RSK MiG contract (in Russian) that can be positively linked to Burevestnik refers to the aircraft more specifically as “Object 08/1”, a further indication that it is indeed MiG-31BM nr. 81.

The documentation links this work to a government contract awarded to NPK KBM for Burevestnik on December 1, 2015, and another one subsequently concluded between NPK KBM and RSK MiG on December 17, 2015. Therefore, it is in the same sequence of contracts that initiated work on the Burevestnik-KA-M satellites. However, RSK MiG’s involvement with Burevestnik began earlier than that. According to court documents (in Russian) published online late last year, NPK KBM and RSK MiG signed an initial contract for Burevestnik (described as “Burevestnik-MiG”) as early as January 23, 2012. This was presumably in the same chain of contracts that started work on the Burevestnik-M satellites and the “293” rocket back in 2011.

Burevestnik’s explosive payload

Other recently uncovered procurement documentation may provide conclusive evidence that the Burevestnik satellites are indeed ASAT interceptors. One contract (in Russian) for Burevestnik was signed in June 2017 between an organization called the Krasnoarmeysk Scientific Research Institute of Mechanization (KNIIM) and a company called OOO Expotekhvzryv. KNIIM is an institute in Krasnoarmeysk (a name derived from the Russian word for “Red Army”), which is situated about 60 kilometers northeast of Moscow. It is a leading manufacturer of ammunition and explosives, as can be seen in this profile of the institute.

Expotekhvzryv, based in Moscow, specializes in industrial safety control of “dangerous objects” (the word vzryv in the company’s name means “explosion”). Under the deal with KNIIM, it was to perform what was literally described as “industrial safety control of an experimental container for special products” and complete that work before the end of June 2017. According to the documentation, the work involved detonating the container to study the effects on its surroundings and on the container itself. The contract is clearly related to the Burevestnik-KA-M satellites because the documentation links the work to the December 2015 government contract that initiated that phase of the Burevestnik project and a subsequent one inked between CNIIHM and KNIIM on September 1, 2016.

The most logical interpretation of this information is that KNIIM developed some type of explosive charge for the Burevestnik satellites and that the tests conducted by Expotekhvzryv were needed to ensure that this material is safe for storage and transportation. While KNIIM seems to be the manufacturer of this payload, it should be noted that CNIIHM itself probably also has the necessary expertise in the field. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, a team at CNIIHM led by Kirill N. Shamshev devised two types of explosive charges that were carried by experimental interceptor satellites called IS (“Satellite Destroyer”). These were detonated when the satellites came in the vicinity of specially launched target satellites. According to its former website, CNIIHM has a “Center of Ammunition and Special Chemistry” and this may very well play a role in this work as well.

As is clear from several technical papers and patents, a number of Russian institutes (including CNIIHM) have also done research on non-destructive technology for co-orbital ASATs, mostly involving the use of finely dispersed particles that could presumably disable satellite sensors or cause other damage. Similar technology has also been studied to conceal satellites from potential enemy ASAT interceptors under a program known as Vual (see “Self-defense in space: protecting Russian spacecraft from ASAT attacks” , The Space Review, July 16, 2018). However, there are is no convincing proof that any of this work is connected to Burevestnik.

Possible on-orbit tests

It is perfectly possible that Burevestnik satellites have already been tested in orbit. Between 2013 and 2019, Russia launched six mysterious satellites from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome that showed similar in-orbit behavior and transmitted on identical radio frequencies, indicating they share a common platform. They were called Kosmos-2491, 2499, 2504, 2521, 2535, 2536, and 2543. All were launched as co-passengers with other payloads, the first three on the Rockot launch vehicle (now retired) and the later ones on the Soyuz-2.1v, the lightest rocket in the Soyuz launch vehicle family (without the first-stage strap-on boosters and carrying NK-33 engines inherited from the Soviet-era N-1 moon rocket.) All except the first one performed rendezvous and proximity operations with other objects launched on the same mission, either the rocket’s upper stage or other satellites.

Some of these satellites are likely part of a project called Nivelir, started in the same month as Burevestnik (September 2011) and also managed by CNIIHM. The Nivelir satellites are believed to be intended for on-orbit inspection of other satellites and are known to share at least two design features with the Burevestnik satellites, namely 4LI-20 lithium-ion batteries of PAO Saturn and MSKV84 fuel tanks of NIIMash, which likely feed K50-10.6 hydrazine monopropellant thrusters of OKB Fakel on both types of satellites. Because they seem to use a common bus, it is hard to tell which of the satellites belong to which program.

Two of the satellites (Kosmos-2521 and 2543) were deployed from larger “parent satellites” built by NPO Lavochkin (Kosmos-2519 and 2542). Having the military index 14F150, these are also part of the Nivelir project and themselves seem to be used for space situational awareness. Kosmos-2542 raised concern in US Defense Department circles earlier this year when it made several relatively close passes to the American reconnaissance satellite USA 245 in an apparent attempt to take detailed pictures of the satellite.

While most of the six satellites seem to have performed missions comparable to those of American and Chinese inspection satellites, two experiments conducted during these missions seem to have nothing to do with inspection. In October 2017, Kosmos-2521 itself deployed a small subsatellite (Kosmos-2523) that immediately lowered its perigee by 100 kilometers and has remained inert ever since without ever coming close to another satellite. Speaking to Time magazine last February, Gen. John Raymond, the commander of the U.S. Space Force, likened these satellites to Russian nesting dolls and described the subsatellite as a “high-speed projectile.” Possibly, Kosmos-2523 was another top-secret satellite of CNIIHM identified as Napryazheniye, the purpose of which is unclear.

Another puzzling event occurred last year during the mission of Kosmos-2535 and 2536, launched in July 2019 along with two other satellites (Kosmos-2537 and 2538) that are probably used for calibration of ground-based radars. About two weeks after launch, Kosmos-2535 and 2536 began a lengthy series of close encounters that continued until earlier this year. The first of those, in early August, was actually reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense, which described the two objects as an “inspection satellite” and a “registering satellite.” They were reportedly on a mission to study the effects of “artificial and natural space factors” on satellites and also to test technology to protect satellites and service them in orbit. More specifically, the equipment on the inspector satellite was designed to study the effects on the registering satellite of “space debris, electron and proton radiation of the Earth’s outer natural radiation belt, protons and heavy charged particles, solar and galactic cosmic rays.”

Then, in mid-October, objects labeled as “Kosmos-2535 debris” started gradually appearing in the catalog of space objects maintained by the United States Strategic Command. In all, 24 such objects were registered. The catalog does not disclose when exactly the satellite generated this debris, but orbital analysis has traced most of it back to a close encounter between Kosmos-2535 and 2536 in late September (which would mean the debris could have come from either satellite).

The debris wound up in widely scattered orbits with altitudes ranging from less than 400 to more than 1,000 kilometers, while the two satellites themselves have been circling the Earth in roughly circular orbits slightly over 600 kilometers above the Earth. This means it must have been created by some sort of energetic event. Both of the satellites did continue maneuvering afterwards, meaning that neither was rendered inoperable.

This could lead one to conclude that it was either a failed ASAT test or not an ASAT test at all. However, numerous other scenarios are possible as well, including one where the Russians elected to test an explosive charge without destroying the satellites in order to minimize the amount of debris and not attract undue attention to the mission. It could, for instance, have been ejected in a canister and detonated at a safe distance, with one or both of the satellites observing the event. It is also possible that one or both satellites carried protective material enabling them to survive the event and even sensors to detect possible impacts, like many of the target satellites used in the Soviet IS project. Such scenarios would still be in line with two of the mission objectives given in the official Russian statement on the mission, namely studying the effects of space debris and testing technology to protect satellites in orbit.

Future outlook

If Burevestnik has already been tested in orbit, it was launched as a co-passenger on a conventional ground-based rocket. However, this is likely to change in the future. As is clear from the evidence presented above, the satellites, the “293” rocket, and the MiG-31BM aircraft are part of one and the same project. Most likely, the air-launched “293” rocket will serve as a launch vehicle for future Burevestnik satellites. In Russian terminology, all these components would be described as belonging to the same “space complex,” a word used for the combination of the satellites, the launch vehicle, and all the ground-based infrastructure needed to support them. In some official documents, Burevestnik has been more specifically called “a space security complex,” a fitting term for an ASAT project (it has also been applied in one document to a project called Kalina, a ground-based laser system designed to blind or dazzle optical instruments of satellites). The index for the Burevestnik space complex is 14K168.

The idea that “293” is a satellite launch vehicle is corroborated by the fact that the index for one of its stages (14S47) is similar to that of some upper stages of space launch vehicles. Moreover, plans to use the MiG-31 as a satellite launch platform are not new. They were first put forward by the MiG design bureau in the late 1990s and culminated in a 2005 Russian/Kazakh proposal called Ishim to equip the aircraft with a three-stage solid-fuel rocket capable of placing 160-kilogram satellites into 300-kilometer orbits with a 46-degree inclination. With a maximum speed of Mach 2.8 and a service ceiling of more than 20 kilometers, the MiG-31 is an ideal platform for such missions.

With the Burevestnik satellites probably weighing around 100 kilograms or less, a rocket the size of “293” should be capable of placing them into orbit from a MiG-31, although potential targets would probably be limited to satellites in relatively low orbits, primarily reconnaissance satellites. The use of an air-launched rocket instead of a ground-based launch vehicle offers several advantages for ASAT missions. First, not being tied to a specific launch site, air-launched rockets can use a much broader variety of launch azimuths and, consequently, send satellites into a wide range of orbital inclinations. Second, they can be prepared for launch at short notice (certainly solid-fuel rockets like “293”) and away from the prying eyes of reconnaissance satellites, giving the enemy little warning time. By contrast, the Soyuz-2.1v, the lightest launch vehicle in Russia’s current rocket fleet, is a liquid-fuel launch vehicle that needs two days of launch preparations on a single available pad. In addition to that, the Soyuz-2.1v (with a payload capacity of 2.8 tons to low Earth orbit) would be far oversized for launching a single Burevestnik satellite. Both the “293” rocket and its apparent successor (“328”) could potentially also be used to launch other small military satellites on quick-response missions, a capability that the US military has been seeking for a long time without much success.

All this does raise the question why dedicated infrastructure for Burevestnik is being built at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. This infrastructure is identified in procurement documents as “Object 7511/4,” As can be inferred from recent procurement documents, a new contract for the construction work was awarded by the Ministry of Defense just last December, clearly showing it is not yet finished. One possible explanation is that Burevestnik flights using the MiG-31BM will be staged from Plesetsk’s airfield (known as “Pero”), benefiting from the cosmodrome’s infrastructure for storage and preparation of rockets and satellites. Another, much more remote possibility is that “293” has a two-stage air-launched version (consisting of the 14D813 and 14S47 stages) that can take off from a multitude of air bases and a three-stage ground-launched version (consisting of the 14D812, 14D813, and 14S47 stages) that will be based at Plesetsk. It is hard to tell whether the rocket seen in the photos taken at Zhukovsky has two or three stages. Similarly, America’s Pegasus air-launched rocket had a ground-based “sister rocket” (Taurus/Minotaur-C), which essentially consisted of a Pegasus mounted on top of the first stage of a Peacekeeper ICBM. However, there are no clear signs that any launch infrastructure for such a rocket is being built at Plesetsk.

Other ground-based infrastructure for Burevestnik, named “Object 7511/3,” is under construction near Pervomayskoye in the Tambov province, about 450 kilometers southeast of Moscow. This is the location of a military base (nr. 14272) primarily used for the long-term storage of rockets awaiting shipment to the launch site.

The control center for Burevestnik missions is likely situated right next to the headquarters of Russia’s space surveillance network in Noginsk-9 (also known as Dubrovo), a small town about 60 kilometers east of Moscow. Noginsk-9 was also home to the control center for the Soviet-era co-orbital ASAT missions. A facility in Noginsk-9 known as “Object 3006M” has been linked in building contracts to both Burevestnik and Nivelir. It will probably be fed with targeting data by a network of space surveillance radars and optical telescopes stationed across Russia. Autonomous satellite navigation equipment known to have been developed for Burevestnik satellites by MKB Kompas should also help guide the satellites to their targets relatively quickly. Even with 1970s technology, the Soviet-era IS interceptor satellites demonstrated the ability to reach their targets on the first orbit after launch.

All the construction work is a sign that Burevestnik is not merely seen as an experimental system, but one that Russia intends to place on operational stand-by. When that will occur is hard to tell. The Burevestnik project has been underway for almost a decade but, like many other Russian space projects, was probably hit hard by the Western-imposed sanctions that complicated the delivery of foreign-built electronic components for the Russian space industry. Despite Russia’s policy of “import substitution,” even highly classified Russian military satellites remain very reliant on Western electronics. This is illustrated by one 2016 contract for the delivery of electronic components for Burevestnik satellites, which listed a total of 457 foreign electronic components versus just 45 Russian-built components.

Still, it does look like one or more Burevestnik satellites have already been tested in space, with more such test flights (using the Soyuz-2.1v) possibly yet to come. As for the “293” rocket, the one seen in the September 2018 photos was presumably a mock-up, but one of the earlier quoted RKS MiG contracts signed in August 2019 strongly suggests that a “live” version is undergoing captive carry tests by now. A CNBC article published in September 2018 quoted “three sources with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report” as saying that the MiG-31BM spotted shortly before was believed to be “a mock-up of an anti-satellite weapon that will be ready for warfare by 2022.”

Other Russian ASAT projects

As large in scope as Burevestnik appears to be, it is only one of several ASAT projects that Russia is currently working on. The most advanced of these is Nudol, a ground-launched direct-ascent ASAT missile built by OKB Novator that is believed to have made at least ten test flights from Plesetsk since 2014, without destroying targets in space. The latest of these took place on April 15, prompting an immediate response from the US Space Command’s Gen. John Raymond, who regards it as “further proof of Russia’s hypocritical advocacy of outer space arms control proposals designed to restrict the capabilities of the United States while clearly having no intention of halting their counterspace weapons programs.” Recently gathered evidence indicates that another, possibly more capable missile may be under development for Nudol at the Moscow-based MIT Corporation.

Other likely ASAT systems under development are ground-based and air-based systems to dazzle or blind satellite optical systems ( Kalina and Sokol-Eshelon ) and ground-based and space-based systems for electronic warfare (Tirada-2S and Ekipazh ). In November 2017, a Russian military official also disclosed the existence of a “mobile anti-satellite complex” called Rudolf, about which nothing is known. Another satellite under development at CNIIHM called Numizmat will probably carry a hard-to-detect ultrawide-band noise radar for proximity operations and may also have an ASAT-related role. An up-to-date overview of Russian ASAT systems is given in the latest edition of the Secure World Foundation’s annual report Global Counterspace Capabilities: An Open-Source Assessment .

The co-existence of several ASAT projects indicates they are designed to fulfill complementary roles, possibly targeting different types of satellites in different types of orbits. Similarly, in the 1980s the Soviet Union worked on a plethora of ASAT systems , each of which had its own well-defined tasks in various possible war scenarios. The collapse of the Soviet Union prevented any of those from reaching operational status, but by all indications Russia now once again has a sustained program to develop a broad range of counterspace capabilities, whatever the motives for that may be.

For more details on Burevestnik and a complete list of sources, see this thread on the NASA Spaceflight Forum , which is updated with new information as it becomes available.

Bart Hendrickx is a longtime observer of the Russian space program.

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We'll take our new engine debuts where we can get them these days. Even if they're in boats.

But the marine industry is a different story, and in recent years some of the coolest new engines— Mercury's V-12 , Honda's V-8 —were designed for boats. Which is also the case for Yamaha's new 1.9-liter four-cylinder, which makes 200 hp at 7600 rpm and can be found powering high-output WaveRunners and jet-drive boats. It's not designed for cars, but the Lemons racers among us can dare to dream.

The 1.9-liter four replaces Yamaha's 180-hp 1.8-liter mill and blurs the performance line between the company's naturally aspirated and supercharged engines. Yamaha's supercharged 1.8-liter makes 255 horsepower, but in a WaveRunner there's not a huge practical difference between the boosted 1.8 in a SVHO model and the naturally aspirated 1.9 that powers HOs. Personal-watercraft manufacturers adhere to an agreement that's something like the old German pact to limit top speeds to 155 mph, except on the water the target is 65 mph. That spec includes a 2-mph fudge factor, which naturally means that PWCs of sufficient horsepower top out at an electronically limited 67 mph. Since a 200-hp WaveRunner can hit that limit, the only difference is how quick you get there.

The 1.9-liter, as a new design, enjoys a bundle of changes aimed at durability and refinement. One example: There's an extra bolt connecting the cam chain housing to the block—a little tweak that makes a big difference. "The cam chain room is a thin aluminum casting," says Mark Sagers, senior watercraft factory service technical specialist (in other words, the guy who knows all the engines inside out). "That great big straight piece of aluminum is like a sound board, amplifying the noise of the cam chain. But if you run a fastener from that to the main casting, it knocks that noise way down. That's important when you're sitting right on top of the engine and it's bolted to a guitar body, basically."

Performance-enhancing upgrades include a new exhaust manifold with dedicated pipes for cylinders one and four, a bore increase from 86 mm to 88 mm, and a channel to route cooling water between the exhaust valves to cool the valve seats. The 1.9 even uses about a half-quart less oil than the 1.8, because Yamaha determined that it could cut windage losses (read: increase horsepower) without sacrificing durability. And durability versus performance is always a tradeoff, whether on land or not. "In a 250-cc motocross bike, the maintenance schedule calls for a new piston every nine hours and it's putting out specific power like a NASCAR engine, or almost Indy," says Sagers. "Boats are more on the lower end of high performance, so we can make them last thousands of hours."

A car engine might well make its horsepower peak beyond 7000 rpm, but it isn't expected to spend much time there. An engine destined for a WaveRunner is a different story. "A lot of the durability testing is done fully loaded at wide open throttle," Sagers says. "These will run a very long time at WOT. Waverunners are often idling or WOT, and there's no middle ground. But I've seen Waverunner engines with more than 1500 hours and no major mechanical work. It's staggering that these mechanical things can live through this."

Still, 200 hp isn't enough for everyone. Logically, it would seem inevitable that this engine will get a supercharger and the 1.8-liter will be retired. Boost prognosticators might find a clue at the 1.9-liter's Coast Guard–mandated intake flame arrester—the intake manifold is cast around it so it can't be sucked into the engine. Which is the kind of thing that would probably only happen if said intake was huffing some major boost. Perhaps soon, it will be.

In the meantime, you can break the 200-hp barrier without forced induction. And for twin-engine boats, that means Yamaha is packing 400 horsepower into some of its 22-footers, which we imagine would mean 50-plus-mph top speeds given that the 210 FSH hit 48.0 mph with the 1.8s and their 360 total horsepower.

Yamaha has built some nice automotive engines—most famously, the Ford Taurus SHO's —but those of us dreaming of 200-hp Yamaha-powered Miatas will probably have to wait a while for these latest ones to hit the salvage yards. (You can spend that interim figuring out how to adapt a closed-loop cooling system, since the jet drive on these engines doubles as a water pump.)

Calling a powerplant a "boat motor" is traditionally a pejorative, meaning a low-revving hunk of iron, an outdated castoff better suited as a mooring. But motors are electric, and that's where things are heading on the highways. So if you appreciate the mechanical complexity and cleverness of engines, boats are the new—and maybe last—frontier.

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JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – One of the people involved in one of three shootings at Jacksonville Beach on Sunday has been identified by police as a “certified gang member.”

A certified gang member is someone police have previously arrested and charged with some kind of gang-related crime.

According to News4JAX Crime and Safety Expert Tom Hackney, this gang member in particular was forced to make the tough decision to go to the hospital after being shot, fully realizing the weight of surrendering himself to doctors and police.

“‘Am I going to live, or am I going to go get treatment for the gunshot wound?’ understanding the ramifications of that are, and apparently that’s what happened in this case,” Hackney said.

Hackney has decades of experience in law enforcement and was previously the director of investigations in Jacksonville. He said the person currently in police custody is likely the most critical witness to Sunday night’s shooting incidents — which killed one person and injured three others — in the busy downtown bar district of Jacksonville Beach.

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News4JAX asked Hackney about the prevalence of local crime directly related to gang activity, and just how many gangs he suspects are operating within the Jacksonville area.

“There’s probably about 55 gangs here in Jacksonville with maybe 500 members loosely, some that you can’t put the certified tag on, but may be tied to the certified gang members, but what the unfortunate thing is of those 55 gangs, they are responsible for so much of the city’s violent crime,” Hackney said.

Police said drug-related shootings and domestic violence crimes make up another large portion of the gun violence tied to gang activity in the River City.

Police in Jacksonville Beach have not said if the multiple shootings on Sunday are gang-related. But Hackney said behind the scenes, police are looking into every possibility, and using gang members’ social media footprint to their advantage.

“Fortunately, for law enforcement, a lot of these gang members will put their information out there, be it from YouTube or rap videos, where they talk about their involvement, and show pictures of themselves and others with other known gang members which is a piece of becoming a certified gang member. So, if you’re doing things with those that are certified gang members, and wearing certain colors that are associated with gangs, that helps law enforcement as well,” Hackney said.

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Jacksonville Beach Police have not identified the person they have in custody and it’s possible they may not for quite some time.

According to Hackney, police oftentimes keep this kind of sensitive gang information to themselves for the time being, while they work to identify everyone involved in Sunday’s violence.

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It’s barely a couple of weeks since Apple released iOS 17.4, the huge, game-changing update that brought new features for everyone and a seismic upheaval for users in the EU—full details here . But now it looks like the next update will be here in days, perhaps in hours. Here’s what we know.

iOS 17.4.1 is so close you can almost touch it.

It's A Small Update

The fact that it has two points in it, unlike 17.4 which only had the one, tells us it’s a smaller update, but that doesn’t mean it’s unimportant. It could be all the more crucial if it contains urgent bug fixes or ways to mend things that went awry.

The new update is said to have a build number of 21E235 (if these things mean much to you, they don’t to me, I’ll be frank). According to the estimable Joe Rossignol at MacRumors , it will be released in “the next few days” and the latest leak details come from “a source with a proven track record.”

Fixes And Repairs Most Likely

It’s not yet known what’s in it, though I’d be astonished if there are new features of any kind, which amplifies the emphasis on security fixes and bug squishes. It could be—though this is nothing more than guesswork at this stage—a fix for the battery decline that a small number of users have seen since iOS 17.4, though personally I’m not convinced that that’s the case as the numbers reporting this are so far low, as far as I’m aware.

And the other reason this is obviously a small update, though the small ones are often the most urgent, is that Apple is already working on iOS 17.5, which is likely to be released as a developer beta as soon as this week. In fact, that beta could come before iOS 17.4.1, but we’ll see.

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Let’s see how far we can narrow this down. I believe it will be this week. Apple almost never releases updates on Wednesday or Thursday, and only in extreme circumstances on a Friday.

So, I believe it will be today, Monday, March 18, or tomorrow, Tuesday, March 19. Apple does like a Tuesday release, so that’s favorite, but it’s definitely worth checking your iPhone today.

Releases happen, almost as regular as clockwork, at 10 a.m. Pacific, which is 1 p.m. Eastern. That means 5 p.m. London time—the time difference between the U.S. and the U.K. is shorter just now because the States have introduced Daylight Savings Time and British Summer Time doesn’t kick in for almost another two weeks.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — One man is dead and another is in the hospital after a boat capsized in Hoover Reservoir.

Genoa Township Fire Chief Joe Ponzi told ABC 6 that the two people were reported missing just before 8 p.m. on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Hoover Reservoir

The two men were reportedly out fishing when their boat capsized, and they both 'may have had lifejackets on.'

Authorities rescued both men later on Sunday night, and both were taken to St. Ann's Hospital.

On Monday morning, officials confirmed to ABC 6 that one of the men has died.

Jason Milliken is the central district captain for parks and watercraft. He’s urging anyone looking to get into the water is to make a plan.

“What boat ramp you’re going to be located at, who’s going to be on board with you, yourself and somebody else, emergency contact information, where you’re going to be put in and put out adjust to plan for the family if something does happen, we have somewhere to go leave it at the house," he said.

Captain Milliken says there’s one item everyone on a boat should wear.

“Lifejackets are huge, I can’t emphasize that enough," he said. "They save lives so whether it’s 90 degrees out or about 25 like today. Have a life jacket and wear it on days like this."

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is investigating.

Caitlin Clark and Iowa get no favors in NCAA Tournament bracket despite No. 1 seed

Potential foes could be kansas state, which beat iowa earlier this season, lsu, ucla, southern california and south carolina..

If Caitlin Clark leaves Iowa with a national title, she’ll have earned every bit of it.

The NCAA Tournament selection committee did Clark and the Hawkeyes no favors in the women's bracket that was released Sunday night . Sure, they’re a No. 1 seed, as expected. They’ll host the first and second rounds at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, where they’ve lost all of two games in the past two seasons. They’re in the Albany regional, which is an easier trip for their diehard fans than the other regional in Portland, Oregon.

But the actual games? Woof.

There’s a potential Sweet 16 matchup with Kansas State, which Iowa has already played twice this season, losing at home and winning on a neutral court. A rematch of last year’s national title game against LSU looms in the regional final. If it’s not Angel Reese and the Tigers, then it likely will be second-seeded UCLA, which is battle tested after the bruising Pac-12 season.

And that’s all before the Final Four!

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If Clark and the Hawkeyes make it to Cleveland, Southern Cal and freshman phenom JuJu Watkins likely would await. Earn a spot in the title game, and there’s a good chance their opponent would be overall No. 1 seed South Carolina, which would be itching for some payback after Clark steamrolled the Gamecocks in the Final Four last year.

So yeah, have fun with that.

"They’ve got the hardest road in my opinion. This is the hardest road," ESPN analyst Andraya Carter said during the selection show as Rebecca Lobo agreed.

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This at least answers the question of whether the committee plays favorites. If it did, the committee would have made sure Clark and Iowa had a straight shot to Cleveland — and I don’t mean via Interstates 80 and 90.

“We’re not trying to get certain matchups or anything like that,” Lisa Peterson, chair of the selection committee, said after the bracket was released. “I know what it looks like now, but when we’re in there, we don’t see them that way. We’re just putting them in number order.”

Honestly, no one would have blamed the committee if it had tried to give Clark and Iowa an easier road.

Clark has been the most exciting player in all of college basketball this season. She captivated hoop heads and casual fans alike with her assault on the record books , and they’ve continued to stick around to see what else she can pull off. Her last four games drew more than a million viewers each, with the regular-season finale where she passed Pete Maravich to become college basketball’s all-time leading scorer and the Big Ten tournament title game both averaging more than 3 million viewers .

Celebrities want to see her, little kids want to be her. Why wouldn’t the committee want to keep that going as long as it could?

Because it couldn’t, first of all. Top-four seeds from the same conference have to be in different brackets, and the Pac-12 skewed things with having four of them: No. 1-seeded Southern California; No. 2-seeded UCLA and Stanford; three-seeded Oregon State. That was a significant factor in how the committee fit all these jigsaw pieces together to make the bracket.

But more to the point, the women’s game doesn’t need propping up . Clark is a certified supernova, but there’s plenty compelling about the game beyond her.

There are storylines and stars galore throughout this year’s field. South Carolina is trying — again — to complete an undefeated season. There’s Generation Next, with Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo , South Carolina’s Milaysia Fulwiley and Texas’ Madison Booker joining Watkins as freshman phenoms. UConn and Paige Bueckers have been under the radar because of injuries and inconsistency, but they blitzed their way through the Big East tournament.

And don’t forget the walking soap opera that is Kim Mulkey and her LSU squad.

Yes, the buzz around the tournament will be muted a bit if Clark and Iowa aren’t in Cleveland. But there’s a really easy way around that. Clark and Iowa are just going to have to win.

It’s largely forgotten now, but few gave the Hawkeyes a chance last year against South Carolina. The Gamecocks brought a 42-game winning streak into the Final Four matchup, with all but a handful won by double digits. South Carolina was bigger and more experienced, having won the national title the previous season.

Clark wasn’t fazed in the least. She dropped 41 points on South Carolina and also had eight assists. Of Iowa’s 28 field goals, she scored or assisted on all but five of them. She played 38 minutes, despite picking up her second foul with 8:17 left in the second quarter. Anytime South Carolina tried to pull away, Clark made a monster play to reel the Gamecocks back in.

Iowa also wasn't the favorite in the Big Ten tournament this month, having finished second in the regular season to Ohio State. But in the final against Nebraska, a team that had beaten Iowa a month earlier, Clark chased the Cornhuskers down almost single-handedly to force overtime, and Iowa rolled from there to its third consecutive tournament title.

She’s got ice in her veins, that one, and the bigger the stakes, the better Clark plays. She'll have to again in the NCAA Tournament because Iowa's path to the title isn't easy. It's anything but.

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