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Bulava Missiles in Mass Production
One more launch of the Bulava intercontinental missile is planned for this year and mass production of the missile will begin in 2009, simultaneously with the end of trials, Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov told the government presidium, Interfax reports.
The latest test of the Bulava occurred on November 28, when the sea-based intercontinental missile performed successfully from start to finish, the military states. Most of the previous launches were unsuccessful, calling the missile’s battle-readiness into question.
The Russian military plans to make the Bulava the main weapon on board the new Project 955/995A Borei submarines that are now being built at the Sevmash plant. The first vessel was christened the Yury Dolgoruky. It successfully fired up its atomic engine on November 21. Now the submarine is making its first sea journey for tests before it comes on duty next year. More submarines of that model will begin to appear in the Russian arsenal in 2010.
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