Stratfor.com wrote:
An attempted test of a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on July 15 failed, the Russian Defense Ministry said on July 16, RIA Novosti reported. The Bulava (SS-NX-30) SLBM was fired from the Dmitri Donskoi nuclear submarine off Russia’s northwest coast. Six of 11 Bulava test launches have failed; the launches were temporarily suspended, and missile components were tested in labs after a series of failures. The Defense Ministry has said it plans to conduct up to five Bulava tests in 2009 and put them in service by the end of the year.
These are the Russian Navy's new 8000km ballistic missile. Also referred to as RSM-56.
