Summary and Key Points: Submarine service is notoriously dangerous, particularly on Russian submersibles. On November 8, 2008, the Akula-II class nuclear attack submarine K-152 Nerpa experienced a ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The large Akula, which displaced nearly thirteen thousand tons submerged, featured a steel double hull typical to Soviet submarines, allowing the vessel to take ...

Today two Akula-class submarines, the Arkhangelsk and the Severstal, both of which carried ballistic missiles, have been withdrawn from the Navy’s structure and are staying in the dock of the ...

It intended to replace the aging Akula-class nuclear-powered attack submarines in service with the Soviet Navy. However, the program only progressed slowly following the dissolution of the Soviet ...

Designed by the Malakhit Marine Engineering Bureau and built by Sevmash, these submarines are intended to replace the aging Akula-class and Oscar-class submarines. -Despite their advanced ...

MOSCOW, July 2. /TASS/. The Northern Fleet’s Project 971 ‘Shchuka-B’ (NATO reporting name Akula) nuclear-powered submarine Vepr has completed trials after its repairs and upgrade and is set ...

A U.S. submarine, the USS Tampa Bay, vanishes while shadowing a Russian Akula-class submarine in the Arctic. Rear Admiral John Fisk sends a Virginia-class submarine, the USS Arkansas, under the ...

The Project 885 and Project 885M nuclear submarines were built with the intention to replace the earlier Oscar-class and Akula-class vessels, which had been built in the 1980s. The lead vessel of the ...

A U.S. submarine, the USS Tampa Bay, vanishes while shadowing a Russian Akula-class submarine in the Arctic. Rear Admiral John Fisk sends a Virginia-class submarine, the USS Arkansas, under the ...