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Russia To Launch New Nuclear Submarine
Moscow (AFP) April 09, 2007 Russia will next weekend launch its first new strategic nuclear submarine since the downfall of the Soviet Union, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told the Interfax news agency on Monday. "This is the first time in 17 years that we are building such a submarine. Another year will be needed to technically equip it in water and to arm it," Ivanov said at a government meeting, attended by President Vladimir Putin. The nuclear submarine, named Yuri Dolgoruki, will carry Russia's latest inter-continental missiles, the Bulava-M, which went into production last year. The naval Bulava ballistic missiles are equipped with 10 nuclear warheads that have a reach of 8,000 kilometres (4,970 miles). The new vessel will be launched on Sunday into the White Sea from the Severodvinsk naval base in northwestern Russia. Russia plans to build three other submarines of the same kind, Ivanov said, adding that the Alexander Nevski and the Vladimir Monomakh were already under construction.
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British Submarine Accident Caused By Oxygen-Creating Device
London (AFP) March 22, 2007Britain's Royal Navy was investigating Thursday how an air-purification system malfunctioned and killed two sailors on one of its nuclear submarines during war games in the Arctic with the US Navy. |
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