Russia said on November 5 that it had successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads from one of its submarines. The launch of the Bulava missile comes as Russia ramps up nuclear rhetoric since revoking its ratification of a key nuclear test ban treaty. "The new nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine cruiser Emperor Aleksandr III has successfully launched the Bulava sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile," the Defense Ministry said. It said it fired the missile from the White Sea on its northwest coast to a target thousands of kilometers away on the Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.
Russia Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile
A Bulava ballistic missile is launched in the Barents Sea in 2019.