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Friday, September 30, 2011

Russia test-fired new submarine missile

DELTA IV class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (Project 667BDRM )The new Tula intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has sophisticated characteristics that enable it to pierce any missile defence system, a Defence Ministry spokesman told reporters in Moscow.

The missile hit its target on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East.

The Delta-IV class submarines of the Northern fleet normally carry the upgraded version of the Sineva-missiles. The test of the new missile also took place from the submarine with the same name as the Defence Ministry says the new missile is named; Tula.

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