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Friday, July 27, 2012

Russia Plans to Test more Bulava Missiles in Fall

Project 955 Borey nuclear-powered strategic submarineRussia would beef up its Navy and continue to test the new Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile in coming months, Navy Commander Viktor Chirkov said Thursday.

"We are going to launch the Bulava this fall from the Alexander Nevsky nuclear submarine. If the launch fails, we will continue," Chirkov told local media.

If the tests were successful, the Bulava missile would be formally put into service, he said.

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