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Russia’s Typhoon-Class Submarine Was Built for 1 Mission

Key Points - Russia's Typhoon-class (Project 941 Akula) submarines, the largest ever built, were formidable Cold War-era nuclear ballistic missile platforms (SSBNs) designed for strategic deterrence, ...
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Russia’s Typhoon-Class Missile Submarine Was a 48,000-Ton ‘Record Breaker’

The Soviet Union's Typhoon-class was the largest submarine ever built, a 48,000-ton nuclear-powered behemoth made famous by "The Hunt for Red October." Designed to operate under Arctic ice, it carried ...
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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 ...
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Russia’s Typhoon-Class Submarine: Something the U.S. Navy Can’t Match?

The Typhoon was the largest submarine ever built. Not only was the displacement huge, but the dimensions, too. End to end, the Typhoon measured 574 feet – about half the length of a modern ...