In the case of the latter submarine, the Soviets wanted to build an advanced attack submarine that could reliably counter the US Navy’s Los Angeles-class attack subs. Thus, the Akula ( meaning ...

The Akula (“Shark” in Russian) is a family of attack submarines in service with the Russian Navy since the Cold War. There are four versions of the submarine (Akula, Akula I, Akula II, and ...

TASS/. The Project 971 ‘Shchuka-B’ [NATO reporting name: Akula] nuclear-powered underwater cruiser Gepard successfully struck a notional enemy’s submarine with an anti-submarine missile ...

The Chakra sub is an Akula-class Russian nuclear attack submarine that India is leasing for ten years, USNI News reports. China's nuclear submarines, on the other hand, are a mixture of attack and ...

A U.S. submarine, the USS Tampa Bay, vanishes while shadowing a Russian Akula-class submarine in the Arctic. Rear Admiral John Fisk sends a Virginia-class submarine, the USS Arkansas, under the ...