Amid War with Ukraine, Russia Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile

NewsBharati    08-Nov-2023 00:34:11 AM
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Russia said on Sunday that an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering nuclear warheads had been successfully tested from one of its submarines. The launch of the "Bulava" missile, Russia's first in more than a year, comes as the country cranks up nuclear rhetoric following its withdrawal from a major nuclear test moratorium deal.
 
 
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"The new nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine cruiser Emperor Alexander the Third has successfully launched the Bulava sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile," a statement from the defense ministry stated.
 
 
It claimed to have launched the undersea missile from an unidentified point in the White Sea on the country's northwest coast to a target thousands of kilometers away on the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula.
 
"The missile firing took place in the normal mode from an underwater position," according to the report. It continued: "The missile heads arrived at the designated area at the appointed time."

The Bulava missile, which is 12 meters long and has a range of about 8,000 kilometers (near to 5,000 miles), was supposed to form the backbone of Moscow's nuclear triad.

Since launching its war on Ukraine in February, the West has accused Moscow of using dangerous nuclear language.

President Vladimir Putin signed legislation earlier this week to revoke Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, a move severely condemned by the US.
 
The 1996 deal prohibits all nuclear explosions, including live nuclear weapons testing, but it never entered into force because certain significant nations, notably the United States and China, did not ratify it.