Russia’s new nuclear submarine

The Russian defence ministry said on Sunday, Russia’s new nuclear-powered submarine Imperator Alexander III carried out a successful test launch of the Bulava ballistic missile, designed to carry nuclear warheads.
The defence ministry said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app, “Firing a ballistic missile is the final element of state tests, after which a decision will be made to accept the cruiser into the Navy.”
President Vladimir Putin has been pushing for Russia to maintain its nuclear deterrent to counter what he calls growing security threats, as ties between Moscow and the West have hit new lows over the war Russia launched in Ukraine in 2022.
It said, the intercontinental missile, launched from an underwater position in the White Sea off Russia’s northern coast, hit a target thousands of kilometres away on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East.
The ministry did not say when the test occurred.