Russian Submarines

The world’s longest submarine—the mysterious K-329 Belgorod—is now in service with the Russian Navy and carries a key deterrence: one-of-a-kind, high-endurance, nuclear-armed torpedoes. A press release by the shipyard that...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Due to the Komsomolets location—nearly 1,000 kilometers from the Soviet Union’s border—Soviet Naval authorities were faced with a difficult choice. The Komsomolets was floated in 1983,...

Key Point:  Dr. Strangelove would like this weapon. But it seems more destabilizing or overkill than actually useful. The second Russian Navy submarine to serve as a basic carrier of the...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: One of the most crucial improvements in submarines of the postwar era is the air-independent propulsion (AIP) system. First fielded in the 1990s, the development...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Russia has one of the largest submarine fleets in the world, but it is aging, including nuclear and conventional attack submarines; guided-missile subs armed with...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In hindsight, there are numerous reasons why the U.S. Navy did not follow the Soviet shipbuilding industry down the path of titanium hulls. During the...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Of the ten planned Borei and Borei-A vessels, four were commissioned. With the imminent addition of Dmitry Donskoy and  Knyaz Potemkin, six more have been laid down and are scheduled to enter service...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Should Russia succeed in launching a scramjet-powered hypersonic missile from beneath the surface, then that development might represent a substantial breakthrough sufficient to generate international attention....

Here’s What You Need to Remember: There is little question that the Alfa’s titanium construction was groundbreaking—so much so, that some U.S. intelligence operators refused to believe it at first—but some...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: While the Ohio boats had a beam of forty-two feet, the Akulas were a staggering seventy-four feet wide—necessary to pack both missiles and such a large reserve...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: On August 10, the submarine was in the process of being refueled. Reportedly, the reactor lid—complete with new nuclear fuel rods—was lifted as part of...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Due to the Komsomolets location—nearly 1,000 kilometers from the Soviet Union’s border—Soviet Naval authorities were faced with a difficult choice. The Komsomolets was floated in 1983,...