MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The missile was launched from a Verkhoturye strategic nuclear submarine.
"On December 12, the crew of Capt. 1st Rank Dmitry Zelikov on the Russian Northern fleet’s strategic nuclear submarine Verkhoturye carried out a successful launch of a Sineva intercontinental ballistic missile from the designated area in the Barents Sea to Kamchatka's Kura Test Range," the ministry said in a statement.
The test-firing was performed by the submarine from a submerged position, the Defense Ministry specified.