“For the first time, the modern Borei-class submarine Knyaz Vladimir test-fired the sea-based Bulava ballistic missile,” the ministry said in a statement.
The missile was fired by the submarine from the White Sea to the Kura Range, located on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East, according to the ministry.
Knyaz Vladimir is the fourth Borei-class submarine in the Russian Navy. Three Borei-class submarines – the Yury Dolgoruky, the Alexander Nevsky and the Vladimir Monomakh – have been already actively deployed for numerous Bulava test launches.