Soviet submarine K-222
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K-222 was the sole Project 661 "Anchar" nuclear-powered cruise-missile submarine of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. Although the Soviets saw K-222 as an unsuccessful design, upon completion it wa
K-222 on the surface
A close-up of K-222's sail, 26 October 1983
Sierra-class submarine
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The Sierra class are a series of nuclear-powered attack submarines built for the Soviet Navy and currently in service with the Russian Navy. The Sierra II boats are the only titanium-hulled submarines
Soviet submarine K-222
…work with titanium on a large scale, which enabled the subsequent construction of more successful designs using titanium, such as Projects 705 Lira, 945 Barrakuda, and 945A Kondor. Commissioned in 1969, the-then K-162 was armed with 10 short-range, anti-ship cruise missiles and four torpedo tubes to carry out her mission of…
A Sierra II submarine underway