During the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union had serious plans for nuclear warfare, and to protect their ...

Typhoon Class submarines, also known as "Acula" in Russia, represent the pinnacle of submarine engineering, holding the record as the largest submarines ever built. Created during the Cold War, these ...

A Cold War story has comes to an end as the largest ever submarine is put out to pasture. According to TASS, the Dmitry Donskoy, the first of the gigantic Typhoon submarines and the last still in ...

The Typhoon-class submarine, officially designated the Project 941 Akula (“Shark”) in Russia, are Cold War behemoths measuring 175-meters in length and displacing 48,000 ton submerged.

The Typhoon’s nuclear reactors allowed the submarine to stay submerged for 120 days or more at a time. When submerged, the Typhoon was tested for depths down to 1,300 feet.

The Typhoon is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines developed by the USSR and deployed throughout the 1980s. The fleet of six submarines were built at the Severodvinsk Shipyard ...

March 7, 2023: After years of delays, diversions and unexpected difficulties, the last of the failed Russian Typhoon submarines is being retired and scrapped. This follows over a decade of efforts to ...

The Typhoon-class submarine was decommissioned recently, making the Belgorod the premier submarine in Russia's Navy. Above, a photo of the Russian submarine Dmitry Donskoy.