Speaking to journalists on June 19, 2009, Vladimir Vysotskiy, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, said that the flight tests of the Bulava missile will resume "after the second half of July". Vysotskiy also said that there will be four or five flight tests in 2009.
As far as I can tell from the reports, the plan is to conclude the flight tests in 2009, so the Yuri Dolgorukiy submarine with the missile can be accepted for service in 2010. This maybe too optimistic, but probably not impossible if all the tests go well.
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