Russia has successfully test-fired RSM-24 Sineva ballistic
missile from Delta-IV class submarine.
Russia
has successfully test-fired the RSM-24 Sineva (Skiff SS-N-23)
submarine-launched ballistic missile from a Delta-IV class
submarine, a defense ministry spokesman said. The missile,
lauched from the Yekaterinburg submarine, hit the designated
target on time, the source said.
Delta-IV
class submarine Russian Navy Force (Archive image)
The
last Sineva test launch was held in October 2010.
The
Russian Navy has seven Delta-IV class submarines in service.
They are all deployed in the Northern Fleet.
The
RSM-54 Sineva (NATO codename SS-N-23 Skiff) is a third-generation
liquid-propellant submarine-launched ballistic missile that
entered service with the Russian Navy in July 2007. It has
a maximum range of over 10,000 km and can carry four to
10 nuclear warheads, depending on the modification.