Russia to Start Submarine Sea Trials in 2007

Sea trials of a new nuclear missile submarine, the Yury Dolgoruky, are scheduled for 2007, RIA Novosti reported. The Yury Dolgoruky, a Borey-class nuclear missile submarine, is being built at the Sevmash plant in the northern Arkhangelsk Region. It will be equipped with the Bulava ballistic missile, which is adapted from the Topol-M (SS-27). (Source: RIA Novosti)