Oscar-class submarine
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The Oscar class, Soviet designations Project 949 Granit and Project 949A Antey, are a series of nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines designed in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. First built
K-150 Tomsk in Vilyuchinsk, Russia December, 2015
This picture clearly displays the arrangement of the hatches in the hull above the missile tubes, on either side of the dorsal fin. Also shown is the opening for the forward hydroplane (currently folded in), as well as the bulge on the top of the fin under which the rescue capsule is located. Although partially obscured by shadow, the seam between the capsule and the fin is faintly visible.
K-186 Omsk during 2008 Naval Parade in Vladivostok
K-266 Orel after completion of its overhaul
Russian submarine Belgorod
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K-329 Belgorod is a modified design of the Oscar II class Russian nuclear submarine. It was laid down in July 1992 as a Project 949A cruise missile submarine, NATO designation Oscar II class. It was r
Oscar-class submarine
…began on a special purpose research and rescue submarine, designated Project 09852, and based on the incomplete Project 949A (Oscar II class) submarine Belgorod. The submarine is reportedly designed to carry both manned (e.g. Project 18511 midget submarine) as well as unmanned (e.g. Klavesin-1R) underwater…
Size comparison between the Belgorod and a Typhoon-class submarine