Nuclear sub Alexander Nevsky will be transferred to Russian Navy in January - source

ST. PETERSBURG. Nov 28 (Interfax-AVN) - The first strategic nuclear submarine of Project 955 Borei, the Alexander Nevsky, will be transferred to the Russian Navy in January, a Navy Main Staff source told Interfax-AVN.

"The Alexander Nevsky will be handed over to the Navy no early than in January," the source said.

The submarine's recent final trials in the White Sea exposed a number of "minor problems that, nonetheless, should be fixed," he said.

A Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile will be test-launched from the Alexander Nevsky after the submarine joins the Navy, he added.