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Russia Plans Test of Sea-Based Version of Topol-M

June 3, 2004 :: BBC Worldwide Monitoring :: News

Moscow plans to conduct the first test launch of the Bulava solid fuel ICBM this year, reported the Interfax Russian news agency yesterday. The Bulava (SS-NX-30) is the submarine-launched version of Russia’s most advanced missile, the Topol-M (SS-27).

The Bulava is set to be installed on strategic submarines of Project 995 later this year: “I can say that in the next five years the missile will definitely enter the inventory of the sea-based strategic nuclear forces,” said Yuriy Solomonov, director of the Moscow heating equipment institute, adding that the Buluva missile outperforms domestic and foreign equivalents in efficiency. (Article)

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