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 by Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) May 22, 2018
A Russian nuclear submarine on Tuesday successfully fired four Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile from the White Sea on Russia's northwestern coast, the military said in a statement quoted by state news agencies. The Yury Dolgoruky submarine fired the missiles from underwater in the White Sea to hit a military test ground on the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula, the navy's northern fleet said, TASS state news agency reported. The navy said it was the first time it had fired such a number of missiles from this type of submarine. The Yury Dolgoruky is a 14,720-tonne craft from the fourth-generation Borei class of strategic submarines and was built to carry the Bulavas, which are intercontinental nuclear-capable missiles. The submarine was first tested at sea in 2009.
Lockheed contracts for Trident II ballistic missile production, support Washington DC (UPI) May 17, 2018 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for Trident ballistic missiles. The contract, from Strategic Systems Programs and announced by the Defense Department on Wednesday, enables Lockheed Martin for Trident II D5 ballistic missile production and deployed system support under a contract worth more than $40.7 million. Under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract - a modification to a previous Pentagon award - both the United States and United Kingdom wi ... read more
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