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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Russia begins mooring trials of Yury Dolgoruky strategic sub

RFS Yuri DolgorukiRussia has started mooring trials of the first Borey class nuclear-powered strategic submarine, which will be equipped with Bulava sea-based ballistic missiles, the defense minister said on Tuesday.

"In line with the program on the introduction of new Borey class nuclear-powered strategic submarines into the Russian Navy, we have begun mooring trials of the first submarine in the series - the Yury Dolgoruky submarine," Anatoly Serdyukov told a meeting at the Defense Ministry attended by President Dmitry Medvedev.

The submarine, built at the Sevmash plant in northern Russia, was taken out of dry dock in April 2007.

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