The Russian Typhoon-class SSBN (Project 941 "Akula") is the largest nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine ever built. Designed during the Cold War to counter the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class SSBNs, it ...

Key Points and Summary - Born to match America’s Ohio-class, the Project 941 Typhoon-class was the USSR’s ultimate second-strike machine: a double-hull giant with two reactors, under-ice tactics, and ...