Unalaska, AK – Russian submarines armed with intercontinental ballistic missiles are test firing their rockets in the north Pacific this week. The tests began on September 15 and will continue until the 20.
Novosti, the Russian news and information agency, reported an unidentified official saying missile launches will be carried out in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea and will hit targets on the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia. The source did not say what types of submarines or missiles will be used but people in the Kamchatka region have been informed of the tests. Included in the Russian Pacific Fleet are nuclear submarines equipped with missiles that can hit targets up to 5,150 miles away.