Key Points and Summary - Russia’s Project 941 Typhoon-class SSBNs were purpose-built for nuclear war under Arctic ice: dual parallel pressure hulls for survivability, 20 R-39 (RSM-52) SLBMs with up to ...

In November of 2008, the Russians were overwhelmed by a devastating maritime tragedy less than a decade after the traumatic loss of the Kursk submarine in the Barents Sea. K-152 Nerpa, an Akula-class ...