Russia Reports Successful Bulava Missile Test

Russia today successfully tested the next-generation Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile, ITAR-Tass reported (see GSN, Dec. 20).

The Northern Fleet’s Dmitriy Donskoy launched the missile at a target on the Kamchatka Peninsula, ITAR-Tass reported.

“The warhead from the R-30 Bulava solid-propellant missile, which was launched at 0819 Moscow time from the White Sea, hit the target at Kamchatka’s range with given accuracy,” the Russian Defense Ministry said (ITAR-Tass, Dec. 21).

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