New tests for Yury Dolgoruky
Russia’s newest strategic submarine “Yury Dolgoruky” is currently undergoing state tests in the White Sea. Afterwards the submarine will get ready to launch its first Bulava ballistic missile.
The submarine left the Sevmash shipyard outside Arkhangelsk on November 2, and will be undergoing state tests until November 10-12, Vesti.ru reports.
After the tests, the submarine will return to the shipyard for preparations for its first launch of a Bulava missile.
Russia had two successful test launches of its newest submarine-launched ballistic missile in October, both conducted from the White Sea by the nuclear-powered rebuilt Typhoon class submarine “Dmitry Donskoy”.
In October, “Yury Dolgoruky” conducted its first ever torpedo firing, as BarentsObserver reported.
