Russia successfully tests Bulava ballistic missile

Ministry spokesman Col. Igor Konashenkov said in remarks broadcast on Friday that the Bulava missile was launched from the Yuri Dolgoruky submarine in the White Sea near Finland.
He said the missile’s warheads reached the Kura testing range on the Pacific Kamchatka Peninsula, some 5,500 kilometers (3,500 miles) away.
Bulava’s third successful launch follows a string of failed tests that dimmed the deployment of Moscow’s most expensive post-Soviet military project.
Russia’s top brass described it as a future pillar of Russia’s nuclear arsenal as Soviet-built missiles are gradually retired.