Typhoon Class News Today

Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October" features the Soviet Typhoon-class submarine, chosen for its formidable size and capabilities, which outstripped even America's Ohio-class in terms of terror potential.

The legacy of Soviet submarine innovation continues today with Russia's ambitious new submarine projects, amidst rising naval tensions with NATO.

Advances in naval warfare during the Cold War were epitomized by the rapid advances in submarine technology. Here are seven of the best Cold War era submarines.

Russia’s Typhoon-class submarines are the biggest subs ever built. Each u-boat stretched to nearly 600 feet long and was wider than the average American house.

Typhoon: The Largest Submarine Ever Was Russias Doomsday Machine The Typhoon-class submarines were nearly triple the size of their American counterparts and also housed the heaviest intercontinental ballistic missiles ever. The Typhoon-class easily dwarfs all other submarines. The mighty Ohio-class, the largest submarine ever built for United States Navy—nuclear powered and originally designed to conduct the United States’ nuclear deterrence patrols—is diminutive by comparison, only ...