Russian sub test-fires ICBM across Eurasia

A Russian submarine has successfully launched a missile from the Barents Sea near Norway to a test site in the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

“The strategic Borey-class nuclear submarine, Yuri Dolgoruky, has successfully fired the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a designated area in the Barents Sea to the Kura Missile Test Range in Kamchatka,” the MoD said in a statement.

“The launch was made from an underwater position in accordance with the combat training plan.”

“According to the confirmed data from mission control, the ICBM units completed the full flight program and successfully hit the targets in the range.”

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