The Russian Defense Ministry plans to broadcast live test launches of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on its new website, spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
Russia plans to resume test launches of Bulava SLBM in June and to conduct at least four test launches this year. If they are successful, the missile will be put in service by yearend.
"We will seek to provide visitors of our website with live broadcast of Bulava missile test launches," Konashenkov said.
The Bulava (SS-NX-30) SLBM carries up to 10 MIRV warheads and has a range of over 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles). The Russian military expects the Bulava, along with Topol-M land-based ballistic missiles, to become the core of Russia's nuclear triad.
Russia to deploy new ICBM by 2018
MOSCOW, May 5 (Xinhua) – Russia would deploy the new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by 2018 to replace the world's most powerful Voevoda (NATO code name Satan) ICBM, Interfax news agency reported on Thursday.
The missile, which is to be produced in the Urals' town of Miass, would be a completely new rocket and not just a clone of the Voevoda, former head of Russian Strategic Forces, General Colonel Victor Yesin said.
According to the general, the missile of the fifth generation will be capable to reliably get over any anti-missile defense shield, including the space-based one.
The launching sites of the new missiles would be also protected with the passive anti-missile defense systems, he said.
Yesin said that the new missile would be ready for launch "within seconds" upon receiving the order directly from the central control rooms, bypassing the intermediate levels of command.
Putting in service the new heavy ICBM along with the existing Topol-M and Yars missiles would create the first-strike power which is capable to neutralize any risks deriving from the counterparts' anti-missile defense systems, Yesin noted.
Source: RIA Novosti
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