Russia successfully fires Bulava intercontinental missile in 'final element of state tests'
A Russian submarine takes part in the 'Vostok-2022' military exercises at the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan outside the city of Vladivostok.The Imperator Alexander III submarine test-fired the Bulava ballistic missile.The submarine is equipped with 16 Bulava missiles and modern torpedo weapons.
"Firing a ballistic missile is the final element of state tests, after which a decision will be made to accept the cruiser into the Navy," the defence ministry said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. The intercontinental missile, launched from an underwater position in the White Sea off Russia's northern coast, hit a target thousands of kilometres away on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East, it said.The Borei class strategic-missile cruiser is equipped with 16 Bulava missiles and modern torpedo weapons, it said.
The navy has three nuclear-powered submarines of the Borei class in service - one is completing tests and three more are under construction, the defence ministry said.
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