The Borei class, alternate transliteration Borey, Russian designation Project 955 Borei and Project 955A Borei-A, are a series of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines being constructed by Sevm
K-550 Alexander Nevsky
Then President Dmitry Medvedev with the submarine Yury Dolgorukiy in the background
Yury Dolgorukiy in Severomorsk
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
Borei-class submarine
…Russian Navy. The class has been replacing the steadily retiring Russian Navy Delta III and Delta IV classes and fully retired (as of February 2023) Typhoon, all three classes being Soviet-era submarines. Despite being a replacement for many types of SSBNs, Borei-class submarines are much smaller than those…
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