Russian submarine test-fires ICBM
October 28th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANSMoscow, Oct 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Navy successfully test-fired an experimental Bulava (SS-N-X-30) intercontinental ballistic missile Friday from its Yury Dolgoruky submarine in the White Sea, the defense ministry said.
“Today as part of the state trials programme, a successful routine test took place of a Bulava ICBM from the Yury Dolgoruky submarine,” the navy said.
The missile, the third Bulava launched this year and seventeenth overall, hit a target on the Kura test range in Kamchatka in the Russian Far East.
“The missile’s flight took place as planned. The missile’s payload hit the range on time,” the defense ministry said.
Bulava has had a troubled test and development, and only nine of the test firings so far have been declared fully successful.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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