Russian photographer Sergey Kuznetsov (pilot.strizhi.info) published an interesting set of photos of the Yuri Dolgorukiy submarine - some photos are taken by him, some are provided by Sevmash.
Among other things, one of the images (on the left) shows that the submarine has a set of 16 launch tubes - this is what Russia declared in a START MOU back in 2007. Russian media, however, still often report that the submarine will carry 12 missiles. (Well, technically it is possible to keep four launchers empty, but I cannot imagine why anybody would do that.)
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New tested 53T6
http://www.vpk-news.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4272&Itemid=6
Was it 53T6? I thought S-400 uses a different missile.
correct link
http://www.vpk-news.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4271&Itemid=6
Thanks gentleman!
BTW: The 53T6 silos at site 35 are on "High Res" now (although just from Spotimage). Better picture here http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/6466/site3553t6silossaryshag.jpg
silos are at 46.443375° 72.849693° .
Cheers