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Russian nuclear submarine
test-fires ballistic missile
RIA
Novosti
Monday December 17, 2007
A nuclear submarine of Russia's Northern Fleet successfully
test-launched a ballistic missile from the Barents Sea in the
Arctic on Monday toward a site in the country's Far East, the
Navy said.
The dummy missile, launched from the K-114 (Delta IV class) Tula
submarine, hit the target on the Kura test site on the Kamchatka
Peninsula on schedule, the Navy's press office said.
"The launch was conducted from an underwater position as
part of training to test the readiness of the marine strategic
nuclear forces," the statement said.
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The Tula submarine, built in 1987, has been modernized at the
Zvyozdochka (Starlet) Engineering Plant in Severodvinsk in the
Arkhangelsk Region.
The submarine is equipped with 16 intercontinental PSM-54 missiles
and torpedoes. Tula submarines form the mainstay of the strategic
nuclear fleet. Seven of the series were built between 1984 and
1992.
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