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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Bulava missile: is there any alternative?


Tests of the RSM-56 (SS-NX-30) Bulava solid-propellant, submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), now under development in Russia, are to resume in late September 2010.

Of 12 test launches, only three were a complete success, and another two can be called partially successful.

Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, now in the United States, said Moscow would be forced to revise the entire Bulava SLBM production and quality-control system with another abortive launch.

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