Summary: The deployment of the Akula I-class Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine in 1985 caught Western intelligence off guard, as they had not expected its arrival until a decade later.

The Akula-class attack submarine K-152 Nerpa was undergoing routine trials when, without warning, its fire-control system activated, sealing off two forward compartments. Trapped inside with ...

Today two Akula-class submarines, the Arkhangelsk and the Severstal, both of which carried ballistic missiles, have been withdrawn from the Navy’s structure and are staying in the dock of the ...

TASS/. Mikhail Budnichenko, director general at the Sevmash naval shipyard has said no other Navies in the world have a submarine like the Akula-class Dmitry Donskoy. "I think Dmitry Donskoy is a ...