The Akula-class nuclear submarine is the biggest in the world. Source: Oleg Kuleshov Russia celebrates Navy Day on July 26 annually, to honour the country’s naval fleet, guarding the vast coastline.

In late 1984, when the first Akula submarine of the Soviet Navy put to sea, it immediately changed the way anti-submarine warfare would be conducted. With the Akula’s arrival the American ...

The Akula-class nuclear submarine is the biggest in the world. Source: Oleg Kuleshov On July 26, Russia marks Navy Day, an annual celebration in honor of the country’s fleet.

Life inside the largest submarine ever built - and still being used: Russia shows off 37-year-old Akula class nuclear vessel which inspired sub in The Hunt for Red October ...

Key Points – Russia’s Akula I-class nuclear-powered attack submarines (Project 971U), introduced in the late 1980s, remain operationally significant despite their age. -These submarines were ...

The sub was returned to the Russian Navy in 2021, with damage to its nuclear reactor. ... The Akula II is no longer the most advanced sub that Russia can deploy.

The Akula-II class nuclear-powered attack submarine also offered a bit more firepower, as it was armed with four 533 mm torpedo tubes that can employ Type 53 torpedoes, RPK-6, or the RPK-2 ...

This was the dramatic moment a Russian nuclear sub was spotted off the coast of Norway after being shadowed by the RAF’s ‘submarine hunter’, a Poseidon P-8 patrol aircraft.. The Akula (shark ...