Russian submarine K-496 Borisoglebsk
- Russian submarine K-496 Borisoglebsk
"Borisoglebsk" is a Russian advanced Delta III SSBN nuclear submarine. On 21 June 2005 the vessel served as the launch platform for a missile carrying a payload containing a solar sail experiment, "Cosmos 1".
Sources
*Russian Media Monitoring Agency – http://www.wps.ru/en/products/pp/kursk/2000/09/12/01.html
*GlobalSecurity.org – http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/667BDR.htm
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