Friday, 28 November 2014

Bulava inter-continental ballistic missile test-launched from nuc submarine in Barents Sea



The nuclear-powered submarine made a single test-launch in the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East

MOSCOW, November 28 /TASS/. Russia has successfully test fired a Bulava inter-continental ballistic missile from the Alexander Nevsky strategic nuclear-powered submarine, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry information department said on Friday.

The nuclear-powered submarine made a single test-launch in the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East.
“The submarine was test launched from a submerged position. The parameters of Bulava flight trajectory functioned normally. According to confirmed objective control data, the missile’s warheads successfully reached a testing range in the Kamchatka Peninsula,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson General Igor Konashenkov said.

Source: ITAR-TASS 28-11-2014