22.09.2008
Source:
The Russian Navy on Thursday successfully tested a Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile, which hit targets on testing grounds in Kamchatka in Russia's Far East, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry said.
The Bulava, designed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, is carried by
Borey-class Project 955 nuclear-powered submarines.
Fourth-generation
Borey-class nuclear-powered submarines armed with
Bulava missiles will form the core of Russia's fleet of modern strategic submarines.
The first submarine in the series, the Yury Dolgoruky, was built at the
Sevmash plant in the northern Arkhangelsk Region and will soon join the Russian Navy. It will be equipped with 16
Bulava (SS-NX-30) ballistic missiles, each carrying up to 10 nuclear warheads and having a range of 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles).
Two other
Borey-class nuclear submarines, the
Alexander Nevsky and the
Vladimir Monomakh, are currently under construction at the Sevmash plant.
