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Friday, June 26, 2009

Russia Starts Tests for Strategic Nuke-Powered Sub

Russia's first submarine developed after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the strategic nuclear-powered Yury Dolgoruky, was launched on June 19 into the White Sea, where it will undergo 20 days of naval tests, the Russian government publication Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported June 23.

Yuri Dolgoruky is the first submarine of the Borei class (Project 955) that was being built for the Russian navy. Two more nuclear-powered submarines are being built at the Severodvinsk-based Sevmash plant where Dolgoruky was also produced.

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