The Soviets knew that their arch rivals were developing a new nuclear powered attack submarine, first of which will be entering service in the early 1970s. The USN already had an impressive fleet of attack submarines which posed a massive … Continue reading Ships of the Soviet Navy: Udaloy class
During the 1970s, the Soviet navy was undergoing massive expansion, aimed at countering the US-NATO naval might. Several combat vessels of various tonnage and roles were under construction. At the helm of the Soviet navy was the widely respected Admiral … Continue reading Ships of the Soviet Navy : Kirov class
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 SSN 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- 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
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
