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Bulava to be commissioned in 2011

Bulava to be commissioned in 2011 21.02.2011
Text: Vesti.Ru
Photo: Launch of SLBM Bulava. TV channel Rossiya
Test program of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) Bulava for 2011 is planned in a way providing its commissioning by the end of the year, said deputy defense minister Vladimir Popovkin yesterday at the international defense exhibition IDEX-2011 in Adu Dhabi.

"The test program for this year provides putting the missile into service in the end of 2011", said Popovkin answering the question of ITAR-TASS. "Number of launches will meet the demanding reliability factor 0.99-0.98", he aded.

SLBM Bulava is the newest Russian three-staged solid-fuel missile designed for prospective Borei class nuclear-powered ballistic missile subs.

The missile is capable to carry up to ten hypersonic independently-targetable nuclear warheads maneuvering in altitude and course. Bulava will make the basis of Russia's prospective strategic nuclear force till 2040-2045.

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