Here’s What You Need to Remember: The large Akula, which displaced nearly thirteen thousand tons submerged, featured a steel double hull typical to Soviet submarines, allowing the vessel to take ...

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 ...

Today two Akula-class submarines, the Arkhangelsk and the Severstal, both of which carried ballistic missiles, have been withdrawn from the Navy’s structure and are staying in the dock of the ...

MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/. The Northern Fleet’s Project 971 ‘Shchuka-B’ (NATO reporting name: Akula) nuclear-powered submarine, the Leopard, has been floated out after repairs and upgrade ...