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 ...

The Akula class of nuclear-powered attack submarines is a formidable and remarkably long-lived showcase of the late Soviet Union’s single minded drive to keep pace with—if not exceed—its ...

Summary: The Akula-class submarines, introduced by the Soviet Union in the mid-1980s, remain a vital part of Russia’s naval capabilities nearly three decades later. Designed to compete with ...

The Akula (‘Shark’) II is a multi-mission ... the West), as Western intelligence agencies had not expected the Soviet Union to produce such a boat for another 10 years,” according to ...