Russia successfully test-fired its Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile from its new nuclear submarine — The Imperator Alexander III on November 5.
Key points
- The Imperator Alexander III is the seventh of the Russian Project 955 Borei-class nuclear submarines and the fourth of the modernised Project 955A Borei-A variant.
- Russia said it fired the under-sea missile from an undisclosed location in the White Sea on its northwest coast, to a target thousands of kilometres away on the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula.
- The 12-metre-long Bulava missile was designed to be the backbone of Russia’s nuclear triad and has a range of over 8,000 kilometres (close to 5,000 miles).
White Sea
- White Sea is an almost landlocked extension of the Arctic Ocean indenting the shores of northwestern Russia. It is connected to the more northerly Barents Sea by a long.
