Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Russia sub test-fires missile

|
|
 
  
Published: Aug. 1, 2008 at 7:45 PM

MOSCOW, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A Russian nuclear-powered submarine has test-fired a ballistic missile from the Barents Sea, a military spokesman said Friday.

The submarine Ryazan successfully fired the missile from a submerged position, RIA Novosti reported.

"The missile hit a designated target at the Kura test site in Kamchatka at the designated time," said Russian Navy Capt. 1st Rank Igor Dygalo.

Dygalo did not identify the type of missile that was fired. He said specifics of the launch would be announced later.

The test was conducted in the Kura Test Range in northern Kamchatka, which is surrounded by the Okhotsk Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

Topics: Igor Dygalo
© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
The Tibetan Moniam Festival in China Super Bowl XLVI ticker tape victory parade The making of the Oscars
The Chicago Auto Show The Most Desirable Women of 2012 Tu Bishvat Migron settlement
Additional Top News Stories
1 of 25
Meryl Streep and Colin Firth attend the "BAFTA" ceremony in London
View Caption
fark
High school coach retires at 65 after getting arrested nude, "aroused" in car backseat with 17-year-old...
Man arrested for stealing $25k worth of Tide detergent. Witnesses say the suspect appeared quite...
News: Two cars fighting gun battle on Interstate accidentally fire into car of innocent women. Fark:...
Dads, before showing "The Smurfs" DVD from your laptop at your kid's birthday party, make sure you...
It's a Jeep thing. You wouldn't understand
Baby shower ends with three people stabbed after a drunken argument between relatives of mom-to-be...