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Russia Conducts Successful Tests of Bulava Submarine Launched Missile | India Defence
2010-10-07 A test warhead from a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile successfully hit its target on the Kura test range in Russia's Far East Kamchatka region, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The missile was fired from the Dmitry Donskoy submarine in the White Sea.
Bulava test launches were put on hold after a failed launch on December 9, 2009, which was caused by a defective engine nozzle. The Bulava (SS-NX-30), a three-stage liquid and solid-propellant submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), has officially suffered seven failures in 13 tests.
Bulava Missile
The Bulava is a submarine-launched ballistic missile under development for the Russian Navy and to be deployed on the new Borey class of ballistic missile nuclear submarines. Designed by Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, development of the missile was launched in the late 1990s as a replacement for the R-39 solid-fuel SLBM. The first Borei class vessel, the Yury Dolgorukiy, is expected to carry 12 missiles, while others will carry 16.
The missile has experienced 7 failures in 13 flight tests, blamed mostly on insufficient quality of component production. After a failure in December 2009, further tests were put on hold and a probe was conducted to find out the reasons for the failures. Testing was resumed on 7 October 2010 with a launch from the Dmitri Donskoi submarine in the White Sea; the missile successfully hit its target in the Kura testing range in the Russian Far East.
2010-10-07 A test warhead from a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile successfully hit its target on the Kura test range in Russia's Far East Kamchatka region, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The missile was fired from the Dmitry Donskoy submarine in the White Sea.
Bulava test launches were put on hold after a failed launch on December 9, 2009, which was caused by a defective engine nozzle. The Bulava (SS-NX-30), a three-stage liquid and solid-propellant submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), has officially suffered seven failures in 13 tests.
Bulava Missile
The Bulava is a submarine-launched ballistic missile under development for the Russian Navy and to be deployed on the new Borey class of ballistic missile nuclear submarines. Designed by Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, development of the missile was launched in the late 1990s as a replacement for the R-39 solid-fuel SLBM. The first Borei class vessel, the Yury Dolgorukiy, is expected to carry 12 missiles, while others will carry 16.
The missile has experienced 7 failures in 13 flight tests, blamed mostly on insufficient quality of component production. After a failure in December 2009, further tests were put on hold and a probe was conducted to find out the reasons for the failures. Testing was resumed on 7 October 2010 with a launch from the Dmitri Donskoi submarine in the White Sea; the missile successfully hit its target in the Kura testing range in the Russian Far East.