Another succesful Bulava test launch
Today’s planned test launch of Russia’s newest submarine-launched ballistic missile Bulava was successful, and the missile hit its target on the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.
The missile was fired early this morning from underwater position by the nuclear-powered rebuilt Typhoon class submarine “Dmitry Donskoy” in the White Sea, RIA Novosti reports. The test warhead hit its target on the “Kura” range on Kamchatka.
The last test launch of the hi-tech Bulava missile was conducted from the White Sea on October 7. This was the first launch since the test program was halted in December last year, after several unsuccessful test launches.
It has earlier been said that if this test was a success, the planned third test launch this year could be conducted from the submarine “Yury Dolgoruky”, the first of Russia’s fourth generation strategic Borey-class subs.
Read BarentsObserver’s articles on the Bulava missile.
