Interceptor shield

SOURCE: Interfax
December 21, 2005

MOSCOW. Dec 21 (Interfax) - The strategic submarine Dmitry Donskoy incorporated in Russia’s Northern Fleet successfully launched a latest ballistic missile Bulava from the White Sea on Wednesday morning, a Russian Defense Ministry source told Interfax.
“It was an underwater launch,” the source said.
Russian Navy commander’s aide Cap. 1st Rank Igor Dygalo later told Interfax that the missile’s reentry vehicle hit a target at the Kura range on the Kamchatka Peninsula at a calculated time.
“This was the first underwater launch of a Bulava missile and the second launch conducted as part of the series of the missile’s tests,” he said. Russian Navy Deputy Commander Adm. Mikhail Zakharenko, who leads an ad hoc state commission for the Bulava trials is present onboard the Dmitry Donskoy now, Dygalo said.

To read the full news story, follow this Link