The Typhoon-class submarines were the largest ever built, designed to rival America’s Ohio-class SSBNs during the Cold War.

Crafted by the Rubin Design Bureau during the height of the Cold War, the Typhoon-class (its NATO reporting ... government’s commitment to restoring Russia’s linkages with her historic past ...

These varied in size from 7,800 to 13,500 tons, and capabilities. Russia had already built a class of subs to replace the Deltas, and these were the enormous 24,000-ton Typhoon/Akula class SSBNs.

VLADIVOSTOK, August 14. /TASS/. About 150 foreign vessels have requested permission for shelter in Russia’s territorial waters in Primorye when Typhoon Krosa is anticipated to pass through the ...