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Friday, February 10, 2012

Russia’s Bulava-Carrying Subs to Enter Service in Summer

RFS Yuri DolgorukiRussia’s newest nuclear-powered submarines, the Yury Dolgoruky and the Alexander Nevsky, will be put into operation in the summer, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Thursday.

The Yury Dolgoruky will enter service in June and the Alexander Nevsky in August, he said.

The Borey-class subs will be armed with Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles but Serdyukov did not say exactly when the troubled missile will enter service.

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