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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Russia to resume Bulava missile test this summer
By now, seven of the 12 test-launches of the Bulava missile have been reported as unsuccessful. The latest failure was on Dec.9, 2009 in the White Sea off Russia's northwest coast.
Russia will resume tests of its troubled Bulava submarine-launched intercontinental missile in the summer of 2010, said the Russian Navy on Monday.
At least two Bulava missiles will be test-fired on Russia's strategic nuclear-powered submarine Dmitry Donskoi, officials from the Russian Navy were quoted as saying by the Itar-Tass news agency.
If the test-launches are successful, more launches, including single and salvo ones, will be conducted on the Yuri Dolgoruky submarine, for which the missile was designed, said the source.
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