The Akula-II-class nuclear-powered attack submarine epitomizes the capabilities of the Russian Navy. The Akula (“Shark” in Russian) is a family of attack submarines in service with the Russian ...

Summary: The deployment of the Akula I-class Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine in 1985 caught Western intelligence off guard, as they had not expected its arrival until a decade later.

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 ...

Mikhail Budnichenko, director general at the Sevmash naval shipyard has said no other Navies in the world have a submarine like the Akula-class ... and future aerospace attack weapons of a ...