RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP
In this photo released through the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian Navy’s Emperor Alexander III nuclear submarine tests a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile from the White Sea. The Defense Ministry said the missile’s warheads effectively hit designated educational targets in the Kura Firing Diversity in the eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.
MOSCOW>> The Russian military on Sunday announced the successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear warheads from a new nuclear submarine.
The report comes as tensions rise between Russia and the West over the fighting in Ukraine. Adding to those tensions, President Vladimir Putin last week signed a bill reversing Russia’s ratification of a global ban on nuclear testing, a move Moscow said was mandatory to identify parity. with the United States.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that the strategic guided-missile cruiser Imperator Alexander III fired the Bulava missile from an underwater position in Russia’s northern White Sea and hit a target in the far eastern region of Kamchatka. of the control.
The Imperator Alexander III is one of the new Borei-class nuclear submarines, which each feature 16 Bulava missiles and are intended to serve as the core naval component of the country’s nuclear forces for decades to come. According to the Ministry of Defense, the release of a ballistic missile is the final control of the ship, after which a decision will be made on its integration into the fleet.
The Russian Navy lately has 3 Borei-class submarines in service, is completing their tests and 3 more are under construction, the Defense Ministry said.
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