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Russia's Akula-Class Submarine Is a Nightmare for the U.S. Navy
The Akula I-class displaces 13,000 tons when fully submerged. It has a steel double-hull design. The submarine’s engines are “rafted” to reduce sound that could be picked up by enemy sonar.
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Russia’s Typhoon-class Submarine Is Now a Museum
The submarine’s massive size and quiet operation—owing to advanced sound-dampening technologies—made it a formidable ghost in ...
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Russia's Husky-Class Submarine Nightmare Has Just Begun
The Sierra-class, too, is a renowned—and rare—Russian submarine because of its unique titanium hull. Yet, the Akula and Sierra, while being cutting-edge submarines for their time (and still ...
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Russian Navy Akula-class sub hits enemy submarine in Arctic drills
TASS/. The Project 971 ‘Shchuka-B’ [NATO reporting name: Akula] nuclear-powered underwater cruiser Gepard successfully struck a notional enemy’s submarine with an anti-submarine missile ...