Test launches of Russia's Bulava submarine launched ballistic missile will resume in late September, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday.
Test launches of Bulava were put on hold after a failed launch last year. Experts say manufacturing faults were to blame.
"Preparations are currently underway," Serdyukov said. "We have tried to control the entire process of the missiles' assembly".
"There will be three [more test] missiles, and during their launch we will find out the cause of failed launches if the same mistakes happen again," he added.
The Bulava (SS-NX-30), a three-stage liquid and solid-propellant submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), has officially suffered seven failures in 12 tests.
RIA Novosti
