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The Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark" (Russian: Чёрная акула, romanized: Chyornaya akula, English: kitefin shark), NATO reporting name Hokum A, is a Soviet/Russian single-seat attack helicopter with the distinctive coaxial rotor system of the Kamov design bureau.
The six Akulas of this class are all thought to be in service. They are quieter than the original Akulas. Sources also disagree as to whether construction of this class has been suspended, or if there are a further two units planned. Improved Akula I Hulls: K-328 Leopard, K-461 Volk, K-154 Tigr, K-419 Kuzbass, K-295 Samara and K-152 Nerpa.
Ivan Bubnov, designer of Akula, in front of the submarine. During the Russo-Japanese War the Imperial Russian Navy used its submarines for patrols within 150 nautical miles of their base at Vladivostok, [1] [2] and the main takeaway from that conflict for Russia's submarine arm was the need to create boats that could operate at longer distances. [3]
Type No. Built Service period NATO name Remarks Alekseyev I-21/211/215: 3 – n/a: Bell P-39 Airacobra: 4,719: 1943–1949 – Lend-Lease from the United States
In September 2011, the Russian defense ministry decided to write off all Project 941 Akula nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines until 2014. The reasons for decommissioning the Typhoon-class vessels are the restrictions imposed on Russia by the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and successful trials of the new Borei-class submarine .
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Former California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, and Trump did ride in a helicopter to survey wildfire damage in 2018. But no problems with the flight were reported. Current Gov. Gavin Newsom was ...
Russian submarine Akula (1909), a submarine launched in 1909 for the Imperial Russian Navy and served in World War I. The submarine was sunk by a naval mine on 28 November 1915. Russian submarine Akula (K-284), the lead boat of the Akula-class submarines that was launched in 1984 and operated with both the Soviet and Russian navies. The ship ...