Ну, так оно и есть: дата пуска - 30 сентября. Только, конечно, речь не о РСМ-54, а о РСМ-50.
С наилучшими пожеланиями,
Е. Мясников
RSM-54 firings confirm reliability
David C Isby
An RSM-54 (SS-N-23 'Skiff') submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) was launched from the Russian Pacific Fleet Project 667 BDR Kalmar-class ('Delta III') ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) Syvatoy Giorgiy Pobedonosets (Saint George Victorious) on 30 September 2005, writes David C Isby.
The missile was fired while the submarine was submerged in the Sea of Okhotsk and the re-entry vehicle was reported to have impacted in the Chizh range on the Kanin peninsula in the White Sea.
The successful test firing led to a statement by fleet commander Admiral Viktor Fyodorov that the launch had shown that the RSM-54 is capable of remaining in service for the foreseeable future. Adm Fyodorov told the Russian press that the service life and reliability of the RSM-54 were such that it could successfully serve until the introduction of the new Bulava (SS-NX-30) SLBM, and then overlap with it in service.
The Syvatoy Giorgiy Pobedonosets, currently under the command of Captain 1st Rank Valeriy Kravchenko, is considered to be among the most operationally capable SSBNs in the Pacific Fleet. Recomissioned in 2003 after more than a decade in dock, its previous successful SLBM launch was in 2004.
Another successful test of an RSM-54 was conducted from the Northern Fleet Kalmar-class SSBN Borisoglebsk on 7 October. It was the fifth successful test of this type of missile this year.