President observed missile launches
Russian President Dmitrii Medvedev this Saturday witnessed the nuclear submarine “Tula” test fire a “Sineva” missile in the Barents Sea. Afterwards he went to Arkhangelsk Oblast were he saw the Russian missile forces launch a Topol missile from the Plesetsk Space Centre.
President Medvedev on Saturday saw the Northern Fleet sub “Tula” test fire a “Sineva” missile from the Barents Sea. The missile successfully hit its target 11547 km away in the Pacific, Kremlin.ru reports. The rehearsal named “Dvina” is part of the bigger “Stabilnost 2008” rehearsal. About 5000 sailors, eight surface vessels, five submarines and 11 aircrafts participated in the event.
The president observed the training from aboard Russia’s only aircraft carrier the “Admiral Kuznetsov”. He was in good company, also the Defence Minister Anatolii Serdyukov, Navy Head Commander Vladimir Vysotskii and Northern Fleet commander Nikolay Maksimov was on board the vessel.
After the rehearsal, the president continued to Arkhangelsk Oblast, where he witnessed the successful launch of a “Topol” missile, Kremlin.ru reports.
During the events, the president again confirmed that Russia plans to build a series of new military vessels – cruisers, submarines, as well as aircraft carriers.
-In the 90s we lost a lot, and as you know, we unfortunately did not build anything. Therefore we now have to resurrect the very basis for the construction of aircraft carriers, yes essentially for the whole Navy, because in addition to the cruisers we also need to build new submarines, the president told sailors on board the “Admiral Kuznetsov”.
