So it comes as no surprise that the names chosen for Russia’s new series of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines are those of military leaders and princes from the 9th to the 17th century, beginning with the Varangian Prince Oleg of Novgorod (879-912), followed by three Rurikid Princ...
Afterwards, the Soviet Union realized that the practicality of using only nuclear warheads for the cruise missile, the Tsar 55, was insufficient and needed further improvement to enable it to play a role in conventional warfare. The improvement work was still carried out by the "Innovators" Desig...
MOSCOW, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Russia is developing the Kalibr-M cruise missile with a range of over 4,500 km, which is able to carry a conventional or a nuclear warhead, TASS news agency reported Tuesday. The new missile, an upgraded version of the Kalibr cruise missile in service, will...
"Multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project will ... be equipped with the Zircon missile system on a regular basis," Rakhmanov added. Yasen-class submarines, otherwise known as Project 885M, are nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines designed to replace Soviet-era nuclear attack ...
MOSCOW, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Russia has conferred posthumous awards on five nuclear experts who were killed in a blast during a missile test in the country's northwestern Arkhangelsk region, authorities said on Sunday. The five, who worked for the Russian Federal Nuclear Center (RFNC) in th...
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The Tsirkon missile has been test-fired several times from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate and a nuclear-powered submarine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Tsirkon missile is capable of flying at Mach 9 or nine times the speed of sound and striking a target over 1,000 km away.■...
MOSCOW, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Project 949A submarine Smolensk has carried out a test launch of a cruise missile and successfully hit its designated target during combat drills scheduled in the Barents Sea, the Northern Fleet's press service said Wednesday. ...