The Russian press quotes a source in the defense industry as saying that Project 955 Vladimir Monomakh submarine will conduct a launch of two Bulava missiles in the next few days (before November 16th). The missiles will be launched from the White Sea to the Kura test site in Kamchatka. According to the source, this will be the last Bulava launch in 2015.
Vladimir Monomakh probably tried to launch its missiles back in September - Russia issues a NOTAM warning and the submarine went to sea for several days, but nothing happened. Strictly speaking, we don't know if there was a plan to conduct a launch in September - earlier reports suggested that the test was scheduled for October-November. But it did look like a preparation for a test.
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