Russia Tests Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

A Russian nuclear submarine in the White Sea fired a ballistic missile today during a training exercise, Xinhua News Agency reported (see GSN, Sept. 3).

The missile was fired from the Typhoon-class submarine Arkhangelsk, according to Capt. Igor Dygalo, an aide to the top official in the Russian Navy (see GSN, Aug. 11). The missile hit its intended target at the Kura testing ground on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Xinhua reported (Xinhua News Agency, Oct. 15).

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