- 15:06 14/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti)
An employee at a Russian defense firm in the Urals region has been accused of passing secrets on the Bulava intercontinental missile to a foreign intelligence service, the Kommersant daily reported on Monday.
- 14:49 20/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 20 (RIA Novosti)
Russian experts on Monday questioned how wise it is to adopt the troubled Bulava intercontinental missile for service, suggesting it would cause more security problems than it would solve, the Kommersant daily said.
- 16:26 24/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 24 (RIA Novosti)
Russia’s Defense Ministry has signed a contract for the manufacture of Bulava submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missiles through 2020, First Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Sukhorukov said on Tuesday.
- 17:02 20/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 20 (RIA Novosti)
Russia’s newest nuclear-powered submarine, the Yury Dolgoruky, will be put into operation in the second quarter of the year, the United Shipbuilding Corporation said on Friday.
- 23:12 28/12/2011 RIA Novosti military commentator Konstantin Bogdanov
The testing of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is completed and the missile will now be put into operational service, President Dmitry Medvedev said. The convoluted history of the project, which has been alternately criticized and praised, is finally reaching its intended destination.
- 17:38 28/12/2011
The RSM-56 / 3M30 / Bulava / SS-NX-30 intercontinental ballistic missile is the latest Russian solid-propellant submarine-launched ballistic missile.
- 15:25 27/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 27 (RIA Novosti)
The flight tests of the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile have been completed and it will now be adopted for service with the Russian Navy, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
- 14:34 27/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 27 (RIA Novosti)
The flight tests of the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile have been completed and it will now be adopted for service with the Russian Navy, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
- 15:40 28/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 28 (RIA Novosti)
The test launch of Russia's Bulava ballistic missile has been postponed until a later date, a source in the Defense Ministry said on Monday.
- 07:56 28/11/2011 SEVERODVINSK, November 16 (RIA Novosti)
On Monday Russia will carry out the last test of the Bulava ballistic missile this year - a salvo launch from the Yuri Dolgoruky strategic submarine
- 12:15 16/11/2011 SEVERODVINSK, November 16 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will carry out the last test of the Bulava ballistic missile this year by the end of November, a defense industry source said on Wednesday.
- 11:20 28/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Navy successfully test-fired an experimental Bulava (SS-N-X-30) intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday from its Yury Dolgoruky submarine in the White Sea, the Defense Ministry said.
- 15:39 29/08/2011
Russia's strategic nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky, basing in the White Sea, has successfully conducted a launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile Bulava to a maximum distance.
- 08:35 27/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 27 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's strategic nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky, basing in the White Sea, has successfully conducted a launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile Bulava to a maximum distance, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Saturday.
- 19:57 24/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 24 (RIA Novosti)
A state commission has scheduled the next test launch of the Bulava ballistic missile for August 27, a source in the commission told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
- 17:53 21/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday the State Commission for Flight Testing decided to hold the launch of troubled Bulava missile until the end of August.
- 01:58 08/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 8 (RIA Novosti)
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has accused leading missile designer Yury Solomonov of having a grudge against the ministry and lobbying for the defense industry.
- 15:30 01/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 1 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) will go into serial production, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Friday.
- 23:28 30/06/2011 ST. PETERSBURG, June 30 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Navy is planning to test launch the Bulava ballistic missile from the Alexander Nevsky strategic submarine later this year, Navy commander Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said on Thursday.
- 17:12 28/06/2011 MOSCOW, June 28 (RIA Novosti)
Russia resumed tests of its troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 13:26 26/06/2011 MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti)
A new test launch of Russia's troubled Bulava missile will be staged on June 28, a Russian Defense Ministry source said on Sunday.
- 21:00 13/05/2011
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday it has scheduled a new round of test launches of its troubled Bulava missile for mid-June.
- 03:49 07/05/2011
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.
- 16:29 17/03/2011
The first test launch of Russia's sea-based Bulava ballistic missile will be carried out in June, missile designer Yury Solomonov said on Thursday.
- 20:43 08/12/2010
Russia's new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) Bulava could be fired from ground-based launchers after a slight modification, its designer Yury Solomonov said.
- 12:46 07/12/2010
Nuclear warheads have been completed for Russia's new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile, its Yury Solomonov said on Tuesday in an interview with Russia's Natsionalnaya Oborona journal to be published later in December.
- 12:26 28/11/2010
The Russian government commission for testing Russia's Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile has completed its analysis of the missile's latest two successful launches and will choose a submarine for further tests by December 10, a source in the commission said on Sunday.
- 15:59 25/11/2010
Military analysts say the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile will become the mainstay of Russia’s naval strategic nuclear force in the 21st century. Designers at the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, the program’s contractor, said the missile will have a range of up to 8,000 km and will carry six to ten hypersonic maneuvering nuclear warheads capable of changing their flight trajectory.
- 16:11 29/10/2010
The decision to put Russia's Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile into service will be made by the country's leadership and only after the test program is complete, a government source said on Friday.
- 12:01 29/10/2010
The second successful test launch in a row of a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile has proved that poor assembly technology is likely to be the reason for the previous failed tests, a source from the state commission overhauling production system of the missile said.
- 06:44 29/10/2010
A test warhead from a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile successfully hit its target on the Kura test range in Russia's Far East Kamchatka region.
- 05:56 29/10/2010
A test warhead from a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile successfully hit its target on the Kura test range in Russia's Far East Kamchatka region.
- 02:05 29/10/2010
Russia will hold on Friday another test launch of a Bulava ballistic missile from the Dmitry Donskoy nuclear-powered submarine.
- 16:11 26/10/2010
Russia's Bulava ballistic missile will enter service when it is 98-99% efficient, Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin said on Tuesday.
- 13:08 26/10/2010
The 14th test of Russia's troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile is scheduled for October 29, a source in the test flight commission said on Tuesday.
- 15:47 22/10/2010
Russia will need to build more than 150 Bulava ballistic missiles in the next decade, an expert on the Russian arms industry said on Friday.
- 19:56 14/10/2010
Russia will not carry out the next test launch of its troubled Bulava ballistic missile in late October, as was previously planned, the chief of Russia's Armed Forces General Staff said on Thursday.
- 16:25 11/10/2010 RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik
An RSM-56 Bulava (SS-NX-32) solid-propellant submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) was successfully test-fired on Thursday, October 7. Although an important stage of the Bulava test program, the launch does not signal the solution of all problems plaguing the latest Russian missile.
- 17:57 08/10/2010
The next test launch of Russia's troubled Bulava ballistic missile is preliminarily set for late October, a source in the test commission said Friday.
- 11:56 08/10/2010
A test warhead from a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile successfully hit its target on the Kura test range in Russia's Far East Kamchatka region.
- 12:59 07/10/2010
A test warhead from a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile successfully hit its target on the Kura test range in Russia's Far East Kamchatka region, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
- 07:33 07/10/2010
The 13th test launch of Russia's troubled Bulava ballistic missile will be held in the White Sea on Thursday.
- 09:47 06/10/2010
Test launches of Russia's troubled Bulava ballistic missile will be held in the White Sea by the end of the week, a source in the administration of the northern Russian town of Severodvinsk said.
- 14:09 22/09/2010
Test launches of Russia's ill-fated Bulava ballistic missile will resume "soon," but not in September as previously announced, General Staff Chief Nikolai Makarov said on Wednesday.
- 16:14 20/09/2010
Tests of the RSM-56 (SS-NX-30) Bulava solid-propellant, submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), now under development in Russia, are to resume in late September 2010.
- 07:46 17/09/2010
Russia will have to overhaul the whole production and manufacturing system of its troubled Bulava ballistic missile if this autumn's tests fail again.
- 14:16 08/09/2010
Test launches of Russia's Bulava submarine launched ballistic missile will resume in late September, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday.
- 12:43 03/09/2010
Test launches of Russia's Bulava ballistic missile will resume between September 9 and 12, a defense industry source said on Friday.
- 17:06 16/08/2010
Russia has postponed the latest test launches of the ill-fated Bulava ballistic missile for at least two weeks due to raging wildfires in the central regions of the country, a Russian newspaper said Monday.
- 21:04 29/07/2010
Test launches of Russia's ill-fated Bulava ballistic missile will resume between August 9 and 12, a defense industry source said on Thursday.
- 18:20 29/07/2010
Test launches of Russia's ill-fated Bulava ballistic missile will resume between August 9 and 12, a defense industry source said on Thursday.
- 13:27 24/07/2010
Manufacturing violations have been the cause of the failures of Russia's ill-fated Bulava ballistic missile tests, Russian Navy Commander Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky said on Saturday.
- 12:52 24/07/2010
Manufacturing violations have been the cause of the failures of Russia's ill-fated Bulava ballistic missile tests, Russian Navy Commander Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky said on Saturday.
- 15:51 23/07/2010
Test launches of Russia's ill-fated Bulava ballistic missile will resume in August or September, a high ranking Russian Navy official said on Friday.
- 14:10 23/07/2010
Test launches of Russia's ill-fated Bulava ballistic missile will resume in August or September, a high ranking Russian Navy official said on Friday.
- 13:47 23/07/2010
The latest failure of Russia's ill-fated Bulava ballistic missile test was caused by a defective engine nozzle, a government source said on Friday.
- 01:34 09/07/2010
The troubled Bulava ballistic missile, which has not yet been adopted for service with the Russian Navy, falls under arms control regime stipulated by the new strategic arms reduction pact.
- 15:09 30/06/2010
A state investigation commission has recommended the continuation of tests on the troubled Bulava ballistic missile following a probe into the most recent test failure, a first deputy defense minister said on Wednesday.
- 18:46 14/06/2010
Russia will carry out its next test launch of the troubled Bulava ballistic missile in the third quarter of the year, a deputy defense minister said on Monday.
- 17:09 25/05/2010
The official results of a probe into the latest failure of Russia's ill-fated Bulava ballistic missile are ready and have been sent to the government for review
- 15:50 21/05/2010
Russia has postponed test launches of the troubled Bulava ballistic missile until November this year, the Russian defense minister said on Friday
- 15:26 07/05/2010
A special investigation commission will announce on May 20 the official results of a probe into the latest failure of Russia's ill-fated Bulava ballistic missile, the Navy commander said on Friday.
- 18:40 13/04/2010
Yury Solomonov, the designer of the troubled Bulava ballistic missile, said that the poor state of the Russian defense industry was the main cause of the weapon's failed test launches.
- 03:33 21/03/2010
The upcoming tests of Russia's troubled Bulava ballistic missile will determine whether it will be put in service with the Russian Navy or scrapped.
- 11:42 19/03/2010
The Russian Navy is planning to conduct at least four test launches of the Bulava ballistic missile at the end of June, a senior Navy official told RIA Novosti on Friday.
- 20:03 05/03/2010
The Russian military is still working to establish the reasons for the misfiring of the troubled Bulava ballistic missile, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Friday.
- 17:21 24/02/2010
Russia will this year use the Yury Dolgoruky nuclear powered submarine for the first time to carry out test launches of the troubled Bulava missile, a Defense Ministry official said on Wednesday
- 16:26 24/02/2010
Russia will this year use the Yury Dolgoruky nuclear powered submarine for the first time to carry out test launches of the troubled Bulava missile, a Defense Ministry official said on Wednesday
- 16:42 08/02/2010
Russia has started the construction of the fourth Borey-class strategic nuclear-powered submarine designed to carry the Bulava missile, a shipyard spokesman said on Monday.
- 15:37 12/01/2010
Investigators have established that the latest test failure of the troubled Bulava ballistic missile was caused by a design flaw, rather than a faulty component, a Russian defense industry source said Tuesday.
- 12:52 12/01/2010
Russia could drastically increase the number of launches of its embattled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) to "many more than two" in 2010, a defense industry source said on Tuesday.
- 00:34 24/12/2009
The Russian military will not abandon plans to develop the troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).
- 12:21 21/12/2009
A Russian shipyard will start building a fourth Borey class (Project 955) strategic submarine in early 2010, the Navy's chief said on Monday.
- 14:20 18/12/2009
The unsuccessful Bulava missile test calls into question the entire development strategy Russia has chosen for its strategic nuclear forces.
- 09:46 15/12/2009
The next test launch of Russia's troubled Bulava intercontinental missile could take place in January, an unidentified Defense Ministry official said on Friday.
- 18:12 11/12/2009
The Bulava (SS-NX-30) submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) carries up to 10 MIRV warheads and has a range of over 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles). The three-stage ballistic missile is designed for deployment on new Borey class nuclear-powered strategic submarines
- 20:44 10/12/2009
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - The December 9, 2009 test of the RSM-56 Bulava (SS-NX-30) submarine-launched ballistic missile has failed, said the Russian Defense Ministry. There have been 12 other test flights since December 2003.
- 15:13 10/12/2009
The latest test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile in the White Sea in northern Russia ended in failure, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
- 19:30 24/11/2009
A new test launch of Russia's troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) will be carried out by the end of 2009, a defense industry source said on Tuesday.
- 14:40 02/11/2009
Russia's troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) will be test-fired on November 24, a defense industry source said on Monday
- 21:01 28/10/2009
Russia's Dmitry Donskoy strategic nuclear-powered submarine returned on Wednesday from a short sea test run to prepare for upcoming test launches of the troubled Bulava missile.
- 18:00 26/10/2009
The latest failure of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) was caused by a defective steering system in its first stage, a defense industry source said on Monday.
- 14:55 14/10/2009
The next test-launch of Russia's Bulava missile, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed until at least the end of October, a defense industry source said on Wednesday.
- 16:55 15/09/2009
The former head of the research institute that designed the Bulava and Topol-M ballistic missiles will most likely retain his post as general designer, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday.
- 15:09 11/09/2009
Russia's Defense Ministry will not transfer production of Bulava ballistic missiles to a different plant.
- 12:51 27/08/2009
Russia cannot assign production of Bulava ballistic missiles to another manufacturer because there is only one plant in the country that makes solid-fuel ballistic missiles, Russian experts have said.
- 14:28 26/08/2009
Production of Russia's troubled Bulava ballistic missile has been moved to another manufacturer following reports of the faults in the production cycle, the chief of the Russian General Staff said Wednesday.
- 16:41 14/08/2009
Russia's troubled Bulava ballistic missile will be developed and put into service with the Navy, the general designer of the Rubin design bureau for marine engineering has said.
- 14:59 31/07/2009
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday it would not abandon the development of the troubled Bulava ballistic missile, and that tests could resume in August.
- 19:33 23/07/2009
Further development of Russia's failure-prone Bulava ballistic missile could be assigned to another design bureau if the project remains in the works, a Russian military expert said on Thursday.
- 15:34 22/07/2009
The head of the research institute that designed the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile resigned after a series of unsuccessful test launches, a defense industry official said on Wednesday.
- 13:30 18/07/2009
Russia's new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile will enter service with the Navy despite a series of failed test-launches, the first deputy chief of the Navy General Staff said on Saturday.
- 18:59 17/07/2009
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik)
- 12:38 17/07/2009
Russia should continue test launches of the new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile despite a series of failures, a defense industry source said on Friday.
- 21:17 16/07/2009
A scheduled test of Russia's new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on July 15 was a failure, the Defense Ministry's press service said on Thursday.
- 14:37 19/06/2009
Russia will carry out the next test of a Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile in late July, and will conduct a total of four or five launches this year, the Navy commander said on Friday.
- 16:51 10/06/2009
Topol-M and Bulava ballistic missiles will constitute the backbone of Russia's nuclear triad, a senior defense ministry official said
- 20:52 06/05/2009
- 12:05 28/04/2009
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