Submarine "Tula" successfully launched a rocket "Blueness" Bashny.Net

Ballistic missile submarine of the Northern Fleet "Tula" on Wednesday successfully completed combat training launches of intercontinental missiles "The blue", reports RIA "Novosti" with reference to the Ministry of Defense.

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Firing ballistic missile made of sea-based underwater position. According to telemetry data, missile warheads arrived at the appointed time on the Kura test site (Kamchatka).
"In the process of checking the reliability of the naval strategic nuclear forces ..." Tula "... made a launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile," The blue "from the Barents Sea on the Kura test site," - said in a statement.

Recall submarine "Tula" - a nuclear Ballistic missile submarine, which is part of the Northern Fleet. The submarine was built in 1987 and recently completed the modernization of the enterprise "Zvezdochka" (Severodvinsk).

As a result of modernization, which includes about 100 items, improved stealth characteristics of the submarine, advanced electronic weapons ship, modernized system survivability and nuclear safety.

According to the newspaper look great and made a series of new developments - such measures in recent years, Russia has responded to emerging signs of insecurity key instrument of their security - strategic nuclear weapons.