Intercontinental "mace": Russian atomic submarine conducted successful rocket tests - Reuters
According to the Federation of American scientists, the rocket was designed to carry up to six nuclear warheads, was launched from the underwater position in the White Sea near the northern coast of Russia. She impressed the target at a distance of thousands of kilometers - on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East, the Defense Ministry reported.
"The launch of a ballistic missile is the final element of state tests, after which the decision to accept the cruiser in the Navy will be made," the defense department said. According to Russian sources, the nuclear submarine "Imperiator Alexander III" is the seventh of the Russian atomic submarines of the project 955 "Bori" ("Arctic Wind") and the fourth of the modernized version "Bore-A".
Borei submarine armed with 16 mace rockets-12-meter (40-fut) rocket has a range of about 8000 kilometers (5,000 miles). According to NATO classification, these submarines are known as Dolgoruky submarines. The first such submarine called "Yuri Dolgoruky" became the first atomic submarine of the new generation, which was launched on the water of the Russian Federation since the Cold War.
According to the current plans revealed by the Russian media, Russia intends to build a total of 10 to 12 Borray submarines in total, which will be separated between the North and Pacific Fleets. Three more submarines of the Bori - "Prince Pozharsky", "Dmitry Donsky" and "Prince Potemkin" are being built. According to Russian media, two more boats are also planned.