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Besides their missile armament, the Typhoon class featured six torpedo tubes designed to handle RPK-2 (SS-N-15) missiles or Type 53 torpedoes. A Typhoon-class submarine could stay submerged for 120 days [4] in normal conditions, and potentially more if deemed necessary (e.g., in the case of a nuclear war).
In 2021 it was reported that the submarine would remain in service until at least 2026. [5] However, its role was also reportedly limited to that of a weapons test platform. [6] Dmitriy Donskoi and the rest of the Typhoons are to be replaced by the Russian fourth-generation submarine class, the Borei class.
There are examples of more than two hulls inside a submarine. The light hull of Typhoon-class submarines houses two main pressure hulls, a smaller third pressure hull constituting most of the sail, two other for torpedoes and steering gear, and between the main hulls 20 MIRV SLBMs along with ballast tanks and some other systems.
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.
A Project 941 (Typhoon-class) nuclear ballistic missile submarine. The Soviet large nuclear ballistic missile submarine was the Project 941 Akula, more famously known as the Typhoon class (and not to be confused with the Project 971 Shchuka attack submarine, called "Akula" by NATO).
The submarine was laid down on July 24, 1992 at the Severodvinsk Shipyard as pennant number 664 of the Oscar II class cruise missile submarines. In April 1993, submarine 664 received the name Belgorod after the Russian city with that name and the tactical designation K-139.
Typhoon-class submarine TK-202 covered with ice. Probably the best-known fictional Typhoon-class submarine is the stealth-equipped Red October (Красный Oктябрь), the subject of the Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October and its 1990 movie adaptation, starring Sean Connery as the fictional Captain Marko Ramius.
This is a list of submarines on display around the world separated by country. This list contains all preserved submarines and submersibles on display, including submarine museum boats , that currently exist as complete boats or as significant structural sections.