Russia Launches New Nuclear Sub

Putin putting his money where his mouth is

MOSCOW -Russia has taken delivery of its first new-generation nuclear submarine since the fall of the Soviet Union, the submarine's builder said yesterday. The Yuri Dolgoruky was launched at Russia's secretive Sevmash shipyard in the Arctic town of Severodvinsk on Tuesday night. "The atomic submarine Yuri Dolgoruky was launched into the water," Sevmash said. Named after a Slavic prince who helped to defend Moscow, the Borei-class (Arctic Wind) submarine can carry 107 sailors for 100 days without surfacing.