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Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Alexander Nevsky submarine to launch Bulava missile in July 2013

Project 955 Borey nuclear-powered strategic submarine |The Alexander Nevsky, the first serial Project 955 Borei-class nuclear submarine, will launch a Bulava strategic sea-based missile as part of its tests in early July 2013, a Russian defense industry source told Interfax-AVN on Wednesday.

"The Alexander Nevsky will perform its first Bulava launch from an underwater position as part of tests in early July," the source said.

The possibility of a simultaneous launch of Bulava missiles from the Yury Dolgoruky and the Alexander Nevsky is being analyzed, the source said.

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