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Russian nuclear submarine fires cruise missile during Pacific exercise

A Russian nuclear-powered submarine carried out a live-fire drill in the Pacific, launching cruise missiles at a designated target. One report identifies the vessel as the Novosibirsk and states the missile struck a target 1,200 kilometres away. Independent corroboration of the strike's accuracy has not been reported.

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WherePacific Ocean
3.513, -132.188 ±3000 km
First reported10 days ago
Published2026-10-15 13:26 UTC
Sources2
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Reports2Independent tellings2
2 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Russian nuclear submarine fires cruise missile during Pacific exercise. 2026-10-15T13:26:04.977Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:6014. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-15/russian-nuclear-powered-submarine-fires-missiles-during-pacific-drills-a81808d9

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