Typhoon-Class Submarine

The submarine’s massive size and quiet operation—owing to advanced sound-dampening technologies—made it a formidable ghost in the deep.

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The T-55 was widely exported to Soviet client states, including the Warsaw Pact countries, North Vietnam, Cuba, Syria, Egypt, Angola and more than a dozen...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Moscow has recommitted to ramping up its Arctic military activity in recent months, with Deputy Chairman of  the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev saying during an earlier session...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Soviet Union placed a premium on science and technology, creating some weapons systems that endure even on today’s battlefield. The Soviet Union was one...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Northern Sea Route provides commercial ships in the Saint Petersburg area with a greatly expedited form of transit to East Asia through the Bering Sea. The Onega and Naryan-Mar Grisha...

The Onega and Naryan-Mar Grisha III- class corvettes launched torpedo attacks against a notional enemy’s submarine in the White Sea, according to the Northern Fleet’s press office. The Typhoon-class submarine Dmitry...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: As recently as 2019, a Vice-Admiral in Russia’s Navy insisted that the class could be outfitted with hundreds of cruise missiles, essentially giving the submarines...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: According to the U.S. Naval Institute, this massive disparity in size between the American and Soviet/Russian missiles is due to the differences in plastics industry...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: According to Russian sources, a submerged Typhoon-class displaces 48,000 tons.  The Typhoon-class is massive. According to Russian sources, a submerged Typhoon-class displaces 48,000 tons. For a sense...

The Typhoon-class is massive. According to Russian sources, a submerged Typhoon-class displaces 48,000 tons. For a sense of size, the largest submarines in the United States’ arsenal, the much-vaunted Ohio-class,...

Earlier this year, Russian Vice-Admiral Oleg Burtsev told Russian state news that two Typhoon-class submarines–Arkhangelsk and Severstal–could re-enter service after a deep refit, notably including a weapons suite upgrade to...