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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Russia's nuclear cruiser to let off steam

A new nuclear-propelled Russian submarine is to undergo sea trial in line with the country's decision to renovate its nuclear deterrent.

Installations and systems of the fourth-generation head strategic missile submarine, Yuri Dolgoruky "are being checked and it is being prepared for the first trials," Mikhail Starozhilov, the spokesman for the Sevmash shipyard at which the submarine is being built, was quoted by ITAR-TASS as saying on Friday.

Yuri Dolgoruky and its sister submarines form the Borei-class which is looked upon as the centerpiece of the Russian strategic nuclear forces in the current century. They will have 12 intercontinental solid fuel ballistic missiles.

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