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Russia’s First Upgraded Borei-Class Submarine Test Fires Bulava Ballistic Missile
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The missile, fired from the Borei-II-class Knyaz Vladimir, successfully hit its designated target on the Kamchatka peninsula, according to the Russian defense ministry.