Russia successfully testfired the ”Bulava”
The Russian Navy yesterday successfully testfired a ”Bulava-M” missile from a submarine in the Barents Sea. Navy officials now confirm that the missile next year will be installed at the country’s first fourth-generation submarine, the “Yuri Dolgorukii”.
Meanwhile, Navy officials say that the “Yuri Dolgorukii”, a 955 “Borey” class vessel, is undergoing test sailing outside Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast. The launch made from the “Dmitrii Donskoy”, the Navy’s recently modernized Typhoon submarine, took place in the Barents Sea. The missile successfully hit its target at Kamchatka. The successful launch allows me to say with big certainty that the complex will be applied in the Armed Forces, a high-ranking military official told RIA Novosti. However, more test launches will be necessary, also from the “Yuri Dolgorukii”, he adds. The “Bulava” missile has previously undergone seven test launches, of which the last three have been unsuccessful. The missile’s application in the Armed Forces has several times been postponed. The new “Yuri Dolgorukii” will together with the “Bulava-M” missile, be Russia’s state of the art military hardware. The vessel has an estimated price tag of 23 billion RUB (600 million EUR).
