Summary and Key Points: Submarine service is notoriously dangerous, particularly on Russian submersibles. On November 8, 2008, the Akula-II class nuclear attack submarine K-152 Nerpa experienced a ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The large Akula, which displaced nearly thirteen thousand tons submerged, featured a steel double hull typical to Soviet submarines, allowing the vessel to take ...

a Project 971U nuclear attack submarine, also known to NATO as the Akula II class. The far more streamlined Vepr has no screen on top of its conning tower. Experts and observers have raised the ...

MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/. The Northern Fleet’s Project 971 ‘Shchuka-B’ (NATO reporting name: Akula) nuclear-powered submarine, the Leopard, has been floated out after repairs and upgrade ...

Beijing has nine nuclear submarines alone compared to India's one nuclear Chakra sub. The Chakra sub is an Akula-class Russian nuclear attack submarine that India is leasing for ten years ...

"Arihant is based on the Russian Navy's Akula-class design and can field 12 Sagarika submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) with nuclear warheads," Sam LaGrone writes for USNI News.