The Russian Navy reported today that two Project 667BDR submarines of the Pacific Fleet conducted successful test launches of R-29R/SS-N-18 missiles. The first submarine, K-433 Sv. Georgiy Pobedonosets, launched its missile on October 6, 2009. K-44 Ryazan conducted the launch on October 7, 2009. Both launches were conducted from a submerged submarine deployed in the Sea of Okhotsk. Missile warheads reached their designated targets at the Chizha test range on the Kanin Peninsula.