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Friday, August 20, 2010

Russia's newest nuclear sub starts sea trials


Russia's newest Borey-class strategic nuclear-powered submarine, the Yury Dolgoruky, on Thursday started a series of sea trials in the White Sea, the Sevmash shipyard said.

A Sevmash spokesman said the trials were part of the manufacturer's tests and that depending on their outcome, official testing would begin.

The submarine, a 23-billion ruble ($755 million) project, is expected to be armed with the ill-fated Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).

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