President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia has completed tests of its newest Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile and will be deployed to its submarines.
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Category: Navy
World’s first aircraft carrier hotel to open
Former Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev has been completely transformed into a hotel in Tianjin, China. It will open by end of this month with 148 rooms.
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CO of NAS Oceana clocks 4,000 hours in F/A-18
Capt. Jim Webb, commanding officer of Oceana Naval Air Station, joined 18 other F/A-18 pilots who have clocked more than 4,000 hours on the type during a routine flight as an instructor this month.
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Two Bulava SLBMs test fired
The troubled Bulava SLBM program saw success on Friday when two were launched from the Borey-class Yury Dolgoruky nuclear-powered submarine.
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USN to test launching UAV from submarine at RIMPAC 2012
A submerged U.S. Navy submarine will launch a unmanned aerial vehicle in next year’s RIMPAC exercise.
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