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Six Typhoon-class submarines were built between 1976 and 1985. Originally, the submarines were designated by hull numbers only. Names were later assigned to the four vessels retained by the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. During the time of the Russian Federation, these boats were to be sponsored by either a city or company.
ТК-202 was a ballistic missile submarine of the Russian Navy, formerly having served in the Soviet Navy. Hull number TК-202 was laid down at the Sevmash shipyards in Severodvinsk in October 1980 and launched in April 1982. She was the second ship of the Soviet Project 941 Akula class (Russian for shark, NATO reporting name Typhoon).
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.
On 7 October 2010, the submarine launched another Bulava ballistic missile from the White Sea. Targets at the Kura Test Range in the Russian Far East were successfully hit. [citation needed] The submarine was reported active as of 2020 and had been upgraded to carry the RSM-56 Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile. However, the scope of ...
In the early 1990s, there were also proposals to refit some of the Typhoon-class submarines to submarine cargo vessels for shipping oil, gas and cargo under polar ice to Russia's far flung northern territories. The submarines could take up to 10 000 tonnes of cargo on-board and ship it under the polar ice to tankers waiting in the Barents Sea ...
On 7 March 2019, India and Russia signed a $3 billion deal for lease of another Akula-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. The submarine, dubbed as Chakra III, should be delivered to the Indian Navy by 2025. [71] [72] As of November 2024, the deal was delayed until at least 2028 according to multiple sources. [73] [74]
Template:Typhoon class submarine; D. Russian submarine Dmitriy Donskoi; T. Soviet submarine TK-202 This page was last edited on 10 July 2024, at 17:12 (UTC). ...
WASHINGTON — Twenty-two years ago, a Russian nuclear submarine sank after being rocked by two explosions during a torpedo test launch gone awry. There were 118 sailors on board the Kursk; most ...