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Friday, March 05, 2010

Russia tests sub-launched missile

SS-N-23 Skif (Sineva)The Russian military today successfully tested a strategic missile from a submarine in the Arctic, Russia's federal space agency said.

"A Sineva missile was launched on March 4 at 7.50am Moscow time from the Tula rocket-carrying submarine in the Barents Sea. The launch was successful," the agency said.

The Sineva is an intercontinental missile capable of carrying up to 10 nuclear warheads, according to the website GlobalSecurity.org.

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