SEVEROMORSK. July 25 (Interfax-AVN) - The Northern Fleet incorporates more than 80% of the "combat potential" of Russia's naval strategic nuclear forces, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Friday.
"The Northern Fleet includes the most powerful group of naval strategic nuclear forces, which makes up more than 80% of their entire combat potential," Ivanov told reporters in Severomorsk.
"Russia's largest centers for nuclear shipbuilding and major grounds for testing new systems of naval weapons, including nuclear weapons, are situated in the zone of the fleet's responsibility," he said.