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
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
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
Typhoon-class submarine
…Akula class (Акула), meaning shark. It is sometimes confused with other submarines, as Akula is the name NATO uses to designate the Russian Project 971 Shchuka-B (Щука-Б)-class attack submarines. The project was developed with the objective to match the SLBM armament of Ohio-class submarines, capable of carrying…
Chakra in the open sea, flying the Indian Naval Ensign
An Akula-class submarine during the Russian Navy Day in 2009