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| Russian armed forces adopts sea-based Bulava missiles |
| 2024-05-15 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The sea-based Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile has been adopted by the Russian Armed Forces, General Designer of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering Yuri Solomonov announced on May 14. “On May 7, a decree was signed on the adoption of the Bulava missile system,” Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported. The Bulava missile is a Russian three-stage solid propellant missile. Since the mid-1990s, it has been developed by the Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering. The missile is intended to arm nuclear submarines of Project 955 and 955A (Borey), which belong to the fourth generation. As Regnum reported, in November 2023, the strategic nuclear-powered missile submarine Imperator Alexander III conducted a successful test launch of the Bulava missile. The tests were successful. The firing was carried out as usual while the cruiser was under water, the missile warheads arrived in the specified area at the appointed time. In February of this year, the Russian Navy received the nuclear-powered submarine missile cruiser “Prince Pozharsky”. This is the fifth Project 955A Borei-A nuclear submarine. The submarines were armed with 16 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles and six torpedo tubes. |
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