It was the height of the Cold War, and Soviet submarine engineering had been carefully honed to produce robust and fast vessels that could take much more damage and dive substantially deeper than ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The legacy systems of the Cold War have left Russia well prepared for competition over the Arctic. Over the past decade, nations bordering on the... Here’s What You ...

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 ...

Key Points and Summary – Conceived to outclass late–Cold War Typhoon and Akula boats, the Seawolf class pushed attack-sub design to the edge: quieter, deeper, faster, and packing more Mk 48s and ...

NEW DELHI — The Indian navy on April 4 formally commissioned a Russian-built Akula-II-class submarine into its fleet. The submarine — originally the K-152 Nerpa and now renamed INS Chakra-II — is on a ...