![]() ![]() This tactic would allow them to surface through the ice during wartime to launch their missiles thus significantly complicating Western efforts to locate and destroyĪs a result of the information provided to the Soviets by former U.S. The Typhoon submarines rarely ventured out into the Atlantic but typically remained in the Barents, Kara, or Arctic seas and were occasionally noted to operate under the Arctic ice cap. Nuclear ballistic missile submarine that was then under development. The source of the NATO class name remains uncertain, however, it is likely a result of the use of the word "Typhoon" by Premier Leonid Brezhnev in a 1974 speech while describing a new type of ![]() The class name given to this submarine by the Soviets is Akula ("Shark" in Russian) while the NATO designator Typhoon is more commonly recognized for this class. The new missile developed for this class was believed to be capable of launching at targets while moored at their docks. megatons, than all of the munitions expended during WWII by all combatants. Each of the Typhoon submarines was thus estimated to be capable of carrying more raw firepower, i.e. By its own accounting, the Russian Navy has found that they could build two new Borley-class ballistic missile submarines which are just coming into service at the same cost of overhauling a single Typhoon boat.Ī total of six Typhoon submarines were constructed during the 1980’s and all operated out of bases in the Barents Sea (a seventh made it onto the building ways before they ran out of money and it was scraped in 1990 before it ever went into the water.) The Typhoon submarines were built to carry 20 submarine-launched ballistic missiles, each capable ofĬarrying 10 independently targetable, nuclear warheads. However is what led the Russian Navy to retire the boats they simply could not afford to maintain them. The size and complexity of the Soviet, now Russian, submarine Of heavy pressure hulls contained inside the outer "light" hull: inside the external submarine hull are two large pressure hulls housing propulsion machinery, a smaller command module pressure hull which includes the sail section, and other modules that hold the ballistic missiles, torpedoes and steering machinery. Ohip-class Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines and even matches the size of most WWII aircraft carriers. The Typhoon is remarkable for a number of reasons, not the least of which is its enormous size at 48,000 tons, the Typhoon is the largest production submarine ever built well over twice the tonnage of the U.S. This action will mark the close of a chapter of the Cold War that has seen this submarine featured in books and movies more prominently perhaps than any other submarine in modern history. The Russian Navy recently announced that it would decommission and scrap its last two Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarines by the end of this year. Power-Ups to increase or decrease the power of missiles and torpedoes may be found by destroying enemies.Typhoon-class SSBN, designated the Akula class by it’s Soviet builders On the screen at all times are displays for Armor (health) and Power (fuel) should either run low, the Red October in danger of being destroyed. The player may also activate a ECM blast that will destroy all nearby offensive weapons. Additionally, the Caterpillar drive (invisibility) may be activated for short periods of time. The A button fires torpedoes horizontally towards the right and the B button fires missiles vertically, upwards. The Red October submarine can move in any of four directions. The game plays as an underwater sidescroller. You control the Red October during its run for freedom. Naturally, such a weapon must not be allowed to fall into American plans, and so orders are issued among the Soviet forces to destroy the Red October. They plan to defect to the United States. While on its trial run, the captain, Marko Ramius has hijacked the submarine along with it's crew. This war machine has been named the Red October. Based on the movie of the same name, the Soviet Union have been building in secret a Typhoon-class submarine with nuclear strike capabilities. ![]()
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