Akula-class submarine
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The Akula class, Soviet designation Project 971 Shchuka-B is a series of fourth generation nuclear-powered attack submarines first deployed by the Soviet Navy in 1986. There are four sub-classes or fl
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Chakra in the open sea, flying the Indian Naval Ensign
Submarine K-322 Kashalot
An Akula-class submarine during the Russian Navy Day in 2009
Typhoon-class submarine
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The Project 941 Akula is a retired class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines designed and built by the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. With a submerged displacement of 48,000 t, the Typh
Akula-class submarine
…Акула, meaning 'shark' in Russian) was used by the Soviets for a different class of submarines, the Project 941, which is known in the West as the Typhoon class. The Project 971 was named Shchuka-B by the Soviets but given the designation Akula by the West after the name of the lead ship, K-284. According to…
A Typhoon-class submarine
Soviet Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarine, with inset of an American football field graphic to convey a sense of the enormous size of the vessel
Mikhail Gorbachev inspecting TK-13 in 1987, on the cover of Soviet Military Power
A Typhoon-class submarine on the surface in 1985