Key Points and Summary - Russia’s Project 941 Typhoon-class SSBNs were purpose-built for nuclear war under Arctic ice: dual parallel pressure hulls for survivability, 20 R-39 (RSM-52) SLBMs with up to ...

February 27, 2025: SSBNs are nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines. The Russian Navy is more than halfway through its SSBN upgrade and refurbishment program. Currently Russia has fifteen SSBNs ...

Key Points and Summary - Russia's submarine fleet remains "arguably second only to the United States," built on a formidable nuclear deterrent of 15 SSBNs, including the new Borei-A class. -It is ...

September 28, 2025: Recently, the Russian Northern Fleet received another Borei-A class SSBN, making eight of these nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines in service. The Russian Navy is more ...

Russia owns one of the strongest naval forces on the planet Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 further increased Russia’s power within the region Recent additions to Russia’s navy like the ...

Russia’s Khabarovsk submarine is broadly similar to an existing Borei-class submarine, but was built specifically to launch the advanced Poseidon nuclear torpedo. While there has been much wailing and ...

Knyaz Pozharsky is equipped with the most effective radio-electronic facilities and weapons, including Bulava ballistic missiles, as well as with state-of-the-art ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: But submarine modernization comes neither cheap nor fast, and the Kremlin is unlikely to unlikely to commit the massive resources required to replace every... Here’s ...