Submarines were conceived to sink surface vessels with secrecy and stealth, this gives a physiological advantage to the submarines those on the ship would never know who sank their vessel. From the Turtle to the present day Virginia and Yasen, submarines … Continue reading Submarine warfare
Soviet submarine designers concentrated on anti-surface warfare more than anti-submarine till the late 1950s. The west was producing very capable SSBNs and SSNs which meant that the Soviets needed capable subs as well to counter the rising threat allied submarines. … Continue reading Victor: The Primary Soviet SSN
In this article we are going to deal with various design aspects of Akula class SSNÂ using pictures. This article, like its preceding article on Typhoon has some very rare pictures of Akulas under construction, trials, refit and pics of her … Continue reading Akula: The shark made of steel part 2
In this article we are going to deal with various design aspects of Typhoon class SSBN using pictures. We have also added some pretty rare images from sea trials, refits etc which has facilitated in discovering a not so well … Continue reading Typhoon: The monster of the submerged world part 2
Intro- American aggression during the 1971 Indo-Pak war and their eventual withdrawal due to the presence of Soviet SSNs was enough for the Indians to realise the importance of nuclear powered subs. Thus in the 1980s under immense secrecy work … Continue reading Arihant: India’s first completely domestic sub
Intro- In the late 1960s, the Russians started work on a new supersonic anti ship missile to counter USN’s super carriers. This missile would have a sub launched variant which was simply too large for Echo class SSGNs. Thus the … Continue reading Oscar: The carrier killer
In the 1980s, Soviet navy started looking for a new SSN which would replace the Victors and counter the LA class. The LA was superior to Victor in almost all aspects. LA flight 2 fielded VLS cells which could the … Continue reading Yasen: The future of Russian SSN fleet
Intro- During the 1970s, America started designing its new Trident SSBNs to be named as the Ohio class which were a considerable increase in capabilities for the USN, and were the largest subs when they entered service. Thus the Russians … Continue reading Typhoon: The monster of the submerged world
Intro: During the 1970s, Soviets faced a massive dilemma, their spies had told them that the western subs trailed Soviet ones closely and knew almost everything about the Soviet subs presently in service. In an allout war, Soviet boomers would … Continue reading Akula: The shark made of steel
Intro-The Soviet fleet was expanding rapidly and so was its submarine arm, which was receiving top of the line SSNs and SSBNs in large numbers. The allies had learned about a submarine’s capabilities the hard way in both world wars … Continue reading The story of SOSUS
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