Russia Successfully Test-Fires A Bulava SLBM From A Submerged Sub

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Submerged Russian Nuclear Sub Test-Fires Bulava Strategic Missile -- RT

A Russian Borey-class nuclear submarine has successfully test-fired a Bulava SLBM, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. The ballistic missile was launched from a submerged sub and hit a target some 5,000km away.

The Vladimir Monomakh, head vessel of the Borey class, fired the missile on Wednesday from the White Sea off Russia’s northwest. All of the Bulava’s warheads hit the Kura test range in the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, the ministry said in a statement.

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