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Next Bulava Test Planned For Next Month

July 16 2010

Russia

Testing of Russia's troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile is scheduled to resume next month, reports Interfax-AVN.

The next trial, to be conducted from the Dmitry Donskoy submarine in the White Sea is planned for late August, according to an unnamed navy source.

The navy plans to complete three test firings by the end of the year, including from the new Yury Dolgoruky submarine.

The Bulava has failed seven of its 12 tests over the last five years, the last in...

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