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“Nanchatte Renai“ (なんちゃって恋愛) is the 40th single release by the J-pop group Morning Musume, scheduled for release on August 12, 2009. The CD will be released in one regular, a 40th single commeration and two limited editions, Limited A and Limited B, on the same day.

A scheduled test of Russia’s new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile on July 15 was a failure, the Defense Ministry’s press service said on Thursday.

The missile was fired from the Dmitry Donskoi strategic nuclear-powered submarine in the White Sea, off Russia’s northwest coast.

Six of the 11 test launches of the Bulava have ended in failure. The launches were temporarily suspended and the missile components were tested in the labs after a series of previous failures.

Russia’s Defense Ministry has said, though, it planned to conduct up to five Bulava tests in 2009 and put the SLBM into service by the end of this year.

The “Bulava” is a submarine-launched ballistic missile under development in Russia. The Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology is chiefly responsible for the missile’s design.

The Bulava carries the NATO reporting name SS-NX-30 and has been assigned the GRAU index 3M30. In international treaties, the common designation RSM-56 is used.

The decision on developing the “Bulava” missile was adopted in 1998 after three unsuccessful tests of the “Bark” missile of the Miass Construction Bureau named after Makeev.

The Bulava design is based on the SS-27 (Topol M), but is both lighter and more sophisticated. The two missiles are expected to have comparable ranges, and similar CEP and warhead configurations.

The Russian military developed Bulava to possess advanced defense capabilities making it nearly impervious to existing and future missile-defense systems. Among its claimed abilities are evasive maneuvering, mid-course countermeasures and decoys and a warhead fully shielded against both physical and Electromagnetic pulsedamage. The Bulava is designed to be capable of surviving a nuclear blast at a minimum distance of 500 meters.Prime minister Putin has claimed that Bulava could penetrate any potential anti-missile defence system.

The current version of the Bulava is able to carry up to six MIRV warheads, future variants are expected to carry a maximum of ten. A full-capacity payload requires the forfeiture of all final stage countermeasures and of some shielding.

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Morning Musume released their 38th single on February 18, 2009. This was their first single of 2009, titled “Naichau Kamo”. The title is translated to “I Might Cry” and was released in two limited versions A and B, each including a DVD. On March 18, 2009 they released their ninth studio album called Platinum 9 Disc (プラチナ 9 DISC?).

In March 2009, all Morning Musume singles and albums (past and present) became available through JapanFiles.com via digital MP3 format in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It started with “Naichau Kamo” and the simultaneous Japan and USA release of their 9th album Platinum 9 Disc on March 18. Japanfiles hopes to also sell Morning Musume CD’s and Merchandise later this year as well.

Morning Musume released their 39th single, “Shōganai Yume Oibito”, on May 13, 2009, attaining a rank of #1 on the Oricon weekly chart, the first time since their “Aruiteru” single in late 2006. It also became the group’s first #1 single to feature 8th generation members Aika Mitsui, Junjun, and Linlin.

Following the success of Shōganai Yume Oibito, the group has been scheduled to release their 40th single on August 5th, which is the third single in 2009.

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