Russia test launches ICBM from White Sea, hits Kamchatka target

MOSCOW, November 28 – The Dmitry Donskoi Typhoon-class strategic nuclear-powered submarine has carried out another test launch of a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile, a Defense Ministry source said on Friday.

“The Bulava was launched from a submerged position in the White Sea toward a target located at the Kura test site on the Kamchatka Peninsula,” the source said. Continue reading

MSM: Russia test-fires new-generation strategic missile

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia said Thursday it had test-fired a new-generation strategic missile from a submarine, the latest launch of a multiple-warhead weapon designed to breach anti-missile shields.

“A new-generation Bulava ballistic missile was successfully fired from the White Sea to the Kura testing site in Kamchatka” in Russia’s far east, the Russian navy said in a statement. Continue reading