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Medvedev Says Bulava Missile Ready to Deploy

IN THIS ISSUE: Bulava missile 'ready to deploy,' India, Pakistan end nuclear CBMs, Japan probe finds Fukushima response failed, India, Japan PMs to talk nuclear trade, S. Korean envoy to visit U.S. to discuss Kim death, nuclear talks, the lost opportunity in Iraq.

Published on December 27, 2011
 

Bulava Missile 'Ready to Deploy'

RIA Novosti

Medvedev

The flight tests of the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile have been completed and it will now be adopted for service with the Russian Navy, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.

"We have made a very important step - we have completed the cycle of flight tests… of the Bulava missile,” he said. "Now it will be put into service."

Russia successfully test launched two Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles on Friday. The missiles were launched from the Borey-class Yury Dolgoruky nuclear-powered submarine in the White Sea and hit designated targets at the Kura test range on Kamchatka, some 6,000 kilometers to the east.     Full Article



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