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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Russia starts building 4th nuclear sub to carry Bulava missile

Project 955 Borey nuclear-powered strategic submarineRussia has started the construction of the fourth Borey-class strategic nuclear-powered submarine designed to carry the Bulava missile, a shipyard spokesman said on Monday.

"The work on the sub construction effectively started last year," he said.

It was previously reported that construction of the Project 955 Svyatitel Nikolai (St. Nicholas) submarine at the Sevmash shipyard in the northern Russian city of Severodvinsk was delayed from December 2009 until the first quarter of 2010.

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