-Built between 1986 and 1995, the Akula-class features double-hulled configurations and advanced noise-reduction technology. The class includes various enhanced models, like the Akula II, which ...

Key Point: Moscow’s Akula subs are feared and respected. They have begun to show their age, but no one would dare to discount them in battle. The Soviet Union produced hot-rod submarines that could ...

In late 1984, when the first Akula submarine of the Soviet Navy put to sea, it immediately changed the way anti-submarine warfare would be conducted. With the Akula's arrival the American submarine ...

Peter Kovalev/TASS The Russian fleet still has three of the six Akula subs originally built. The Akula (Shark) class nuclear submarine is a unique vessel. These submarines (of Project 941, or ‘Typhoon ...