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Bulava tests to continue in summer - deputy defense minister

Tags: Military news, submarine, Russia, News
 
Feb 20, 2010 17:06 Moscow Time
Vladimir Popovkin, Anatoly Serdyukov, Sergey Ivanov (L to R). Photo: RIA Novosti
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Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin says tests of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile will resume in summer this year. In an interview broadcast by Ekho Moskvy radio, Popovkin said a special panel is currently looking into what caused the missile to fail during the previous  launches. The last launch of Bulava on December 9th last year failed because of a technical failure in the third stage. The cutting-edge solid-fueled system is designed for mounting it on nuclear submarines. It can carry up to 10 independently-targeted maneuvering nuclear warheads that can change flight trajectory and destroy targets within a range of up to 8 thousand kilometers. Bulava carrying submarines are expected to form the backbone of Russia’s Strategic Nuclear Forces.

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