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Russia postpones 15th launch of Bulava missile

Moscow, Russia - To next year

Yesterday, "RIA Novosti" announced that the 15th launch of the intercontinental nuclear missile Bulava, scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, December 17, from a class Borej submarine (see AVIONEWS) has been postponed to next year. It would have been unveiled to the Russian news agency by a source in the naval base of Severodvinsk: “The freezing White Sea ice interfered with the conduct of testing, w...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1123875
Rome, Italy, 12/16/2010 12:40
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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