'Bulava' intercontinental
ballistic missile in its fleet
The Russian Army has inducted its
submarine-launched 'Bulava'
intercontinental ballistic missile
into its fleet. The chief designer of
the missile is Yuri Solomonov.
The Bulava was developed under a
program that began in the 1990s,
and is designed to be deployed on
Russia's Borei-class submarines.
Last November, the Russian
Defense Ministry successfully
tested the Bulava, firing it from an
underwater position in the White
Sea off northern Russia and hitting
a target thousands of kilometers
away on the Kamchatka Peninsula
in the Far East.
Russia's Northern and Pacific fleets
now include seven Borei
submarines and 16 Bulava each,
TASS said. Solomonov is the chief
designer at the Moscow Institute of
Thermal Engineering, which also
developed Russia's Topol-M and
Yars intercontinental ballistic
missiles.
Bulava has a range of 8,300 km
(5,160 mi) and has a payload of 10
multiple independently targetable
re-entry vehicles, or MIRVs, capable
of delivering kills.
Pakistan -'Fatah-II' rocket system
Pakistan conducted a successful
training launch of the guided
multi-launch rocket system 'Fatah-
II', which is capable of striking
targets with high accuracy up to a
range of 400 km.
The Army said in a statement that
the launch of the Fatah-II Guided
Rocket System was aimed at
improving launch practice and
procedures. Equipped with state-of-
the-art navigation system, unique
trajectory and maneuvering
features, Fatih-II is capable of
attacking targets with high
accuracy and defeating any missile
defense system.
