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Russia’s Typhoon-Class Missile Submarine Was Something the U.S. Navy Still Can’t Match

Russia’s Project 941 Typhoon-class SSBNs were purpose-built for nuclear war under Arctic ice: dual parallel pressure hulls for survivability, 20 R-39 (RSM-52) SLBMs with up to ten MIRVs each, and the ...
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The Cold War Secret: Why Russia's Giant Submarine Was 'Too Small' to Beat the US Navy

The Soviet Typhoon-class submarines were the largest ever built—massive underwater titans with amenities like a pool and sauna. But this colossal size was not a luxury; it was a symptom of a massive ...
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Typhoon-class

What You Need to Know: The Russian Navy has decommissioned the Dmitry Donskoy, the last active Typhoon-class submarine and the largest submarine ever built. Initially entering service in 1981 as ...
The National Interest

Russia’s Typhoon-class Submarine Is Now a Museum

The TK-208 was laid down on June 30, 1976, at the legendary Soviet Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk. This facility, by the way, was renowned for constructing some of the Soviet Union’s most iconic and ...