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Russian sub test fires missile to mid-Pacific
Reuters; MURMANSK, Russia
Published]http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDi ... ?e=1244853[/url]
Russia claims record-setting distance by sub-based missile
Posted By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted 8 hours ago
MOSCOW -- Russia is claiming a record-setting distance for a submarine- launched ballistic missile.
President Dmitry Medvedev witnessed the test, part of naval exercises being staged in the northern Barents Sea.
Russian TV showed what it said was the Sineva missile being launched from a submarine called the Tula.
Medvedev said Saturday it flew more than 11,400 kilometres before hitting its target in the Pacific near the equator.
Medvedev also was quoted by
Russian news agencies as having told naval officials to begin building new aircraft carriers.
Russian sub test fires missile to mid-Pacific
Reuters; MURMANSK, Russia
Published]http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDi ... ?e=1244853[/url]
Russia claims record-setting distance by sub-based missile
Posted By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted 8 hours ago
MOSCOW -- Russia is claiming a record-setting distance for a submarine- launched ballistic missile.
President Dmitry Medvedev witnessed the test, part of naval exercises being staged in the northern Barents Sea.
Russian TV showed what it said was the Sineva missile being launched from a submarine called the Tula.
Medvedev said Saturday it flew more than 11,400 kilometres before hitting its target in the Pacific near the equator.
Medvedev also was quoted by
Russian news agencies as having told naval officials to begin building new aircraft carriers.