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R-30 Bulava Test

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Russia successfully test fired its new nuclear-capable Bulava intercontinental missile which it hopes will become a key strategic weapon despite a string of setbacks, the Kremlin said.
The missile was fired from the Yury Dolgoruky submarine in the White Sea to its target area the Pacific Ocean at the distance of its maximum range, which is believed to be 8000km.
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The Borey-class Yury Dolgoruky strategic nuclear powered submarine is to carry out test launches of the Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the White Sea during June this year.

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Russian RSM-56 3M30 Bulava-30 SLBM ground tests, first surfaced and submereged launches (2005)

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Russia has successfully tested a new, sea-based ballistic missile from a nuclear submarine, officials have said.

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The Russian Navy has successfully tested a sea-launched Bulava ballistic missile from the White Sea.

"A warhead reached the testing grounds on schedule" - Igor Drygalo, Navy spokesman.

The launch was conducted from the submerged Dmitry Donskoi, a Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, in the northern Russia's White Sea, and the missile reached its target at the Kura testing grounds on the Kamchatka Peninsula, about 6,700 kilometres east of Moscow.

Source Novosti

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The fourth generation submarine, the 'Dmitri Donskoy' SSBN will test launch a R-30 Bulava missile today.

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According to the Russian Navy press service, a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the Dmitry Donskoi nuclear submarine in the White Sea, but self-destructed after it deviated from its trajectory.
A Navy spokesman said the missile lifted off successfully from a submerged position, but that it deviated from its trajectory several minutes into the flight.

"It could have triggered a self-destruct system" - Navy spokesman.

A special commission will conduct a detailed investigation into the cause of the incident.

Source Novosti

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The Bulava missile, fired from an underwater position in the White Sea, deviated from its trajectory and fell into the sea several minutes after its launch by the Dmitri Donskoy submarine at 7:50 p.m. (1550 GMT). The missile was due to hit a target on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

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A test launch of a R-30 Bulava (SS-NX-30) ballistic missile from a submerged Typhoon-class submarine, the Dmitry Donskoi, in the White Sea has failed.

"A special commission will conduct a detailed investigation into the cause of the incident to eliminate it during further stages of the test program after the vessel returns to base" - Igor Dygalo, a spokesman for the Russian Navy.

"A failure in the testing program of the Bulava missile complex occurred during the second stage of the test" - A source in the Northern Fleet.

The R-30 Bulava missile is developed at the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology.