Russia to Field New Missile Submarine

A new Russian nuclear missile submarine is scheduled to undergo sea trials next year, United Press International reported Saturday (see GSN, July 3).

The Borey-class submarine Yury Dolgoruky is to be equipped with the Bulava ballistic missile, adapted from the Topol-M. It is being built at the Sevmash plant in the northern Arkhangelsk Region, according to RIA Novosti.

A fourth-generation submarine armed with Bulava missiles would be the center of an updated Russian submarine fleet, President Vladimir Putin said earlier this year (United Press International, July 29).

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