Strategic nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky has launched a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile from the Barents Sea towards the Kura testing range in Kamchatka, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS on Wednesday.
"The missile was launched from the submerged position," a spokesman said. "The parameters of the flight trajectory have been fulfilled as required. Data control shows the warheads of the missile reached the Kura testing facility successfully.
According the ministry’s data, this launch had a special feature, as the submarine had a complete set of missiles aboard.
It was the first missile launch after the Yuri Dolgoruky strategic nuclear submarine joined Russia's Northern Fleet.
The previous launches of the Bulava missiles were paerformed as part of a program of flight development testing.
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INC News, 29/10/2014
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