The Diplomat:
The nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Yuri Dolgoruky test fired two Bulava (RSM-56) intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) from a submerged position in the White Sea off the northwest coast of Russia on September 27, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.
“Today, on September 27, the Yuri Dolgoruky strategic nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine conducted experimental launches of two Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles from the White Sea to the Kura firing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula,” the ministry said in a statement, according to TASS news agency.
“Both missiles were fired from the submarine’s silos in a routine regime. The first missile’s warhead completed the entire cycle of the flight program and successfully hit the designated targets at the firing range. The second missile self-liquidated after the first stage of the flight program,” the statement reads.
The last test of the Bulava submarine-launched ICBM took place in November 2015, when the SSBN Vladimir Monomakh successfully test fired two Bulava ICBMs from a submerged position in the White Sea. The two ICBMs reportedly hit targets in the Kamchatka region in Russia’s Far East (See: “Confirmed: ‘Russia’s Deadliest Sub’ Test Fires 2 Ballistic Missiles”).
