“Bulava” reaffirmed its characteristics – BBC News

"Bulava" reaffirmed its characteristics – BBC News

nuclear submarine “Alexander Nevsky” successfully launched a ballistic missile “Bulava” from the Barents Sea. For this submarine launch of advanced weapons became the first previously all the launches were carried out with the submarine “Yury Dolgoruky”. “Bulava” kicked out of the water, at the appointed time warhead reached the Kura test site in Kamchatka.

Ship inspector goes into the Barents Sea from Severomorsk – the main military base of the Northern Fleet. Its task is very simple – to provide security in the area of ​​the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile “Bulava”.

Once the destroyer “Admiral Ushakov” was “Fearless”, but 10 years ago it was renamed in honor of the great Russian naval commander . Here the mass of guns, Missiles, anti-aircraft artillery. With his side crew RTR will watch from under the water rushes up the 37-ton rocket.

In the name of another prominent historical figure named and serial nuclear missile cruiser of the “Northwind”. “Alexander Nevsky” went to sea in the same direction, but the day before. Less than a year he was adopted, and in that time the work of the submarine have been no complaints.

But the access to the sea – special. Start “Bulava” from “Alexander Nevsky” – the first after the atomic cruiser was raised by St. Andrew’s flag.

From the launch canister “Bulava” takes off to the nearest second. Chief of Staff of the Northern Fleet Nikolai Evmenov confirms: “Start” Bulava “was successful. She flew out of the Barents Sea and reached the Kura test site in Kamchatka”.

This is the second successful launch of the “Bulava” for the last month – the end of October with the task to “excellent” on the right and another submarine project “Northwind” – “Yuri Dolgoruky”, on board of which was then in the presence of a full ammunition ballistic missiles.

The next – already 22 th in a row – completed a series of tests starting this year, although there is still a detailed debriefing. We can already say that the striking power of the Navy Russia came to an entirely new level of quality.