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Operation Behemoth
Operation Behemoth-1, Behemoth-2 ( - Begemot, Hippopotamus) were military exercises held by the Soviet Northern Fleet in 1989 and 1991. Behemoth-2 was the first time a ballistic missile submarine launched all of its missiles at once. The exercise took place barely four months before the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Operation Behemoth-1, Behemoth-2 ( - Begemot, Hippopotamus) were military exercises held by the Soviet Northern Fleet in 1989 and 1991. Behemoth-2 was the first time a ballistic missile submarine launched all of its missiles at once. The exercise took place barely four months before the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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