The Russian Typhoon-class SSBN (Project 941 "Akula") is the largest nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine ever built. Designed during the Cold War to counter the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class SSBNs, it ...

Since the 1960s, the Ballistic Missile Submarine has been the U.S. Navy’s primary contribution to America’s strategic nuclear “triad” -- which includes U.S. Air Force strategic bombers and ...

Russia’s Typhoon-class submarines are the biggest subs ever built. Each u-boat stretched to nearly 600 feet long and was wider than the average American house.

The Russian Navy’s Typhoon Class is the undisputed king of submarine designs. It is much larger than anything else ever built. For context, the 33,800-ton monster is almost twice as large as the ...

Until the deployment of the Soviet Union’s mighty Typhoon-class, Ohio was the largest submarine in the world. The U.S. Navy’s boats displaced 16,764 tons, were 560 feet (170 meters) in length ...

According to TASS, the Dmitry Donskoy, the first of the gigantic Typhoon submarines and the last still in service, has been officially decommissioned. ... Typhoon-class submarine in 1985. US Navy.

According to Russian state media, the Typhoon-class submarine was recently decommissioned and removed from the fleet, has been in use since the 1980s. U.S. World ...