A Look At Russia's Typhoon Class Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine

The World’s Biggest Nuclear Submarine Is Also One of the Sneakiest -- Gizmodo

While the Red October may not have been an actual submarine, the Russian Typhoon class that it's based on certainly is. Turns out, Hollywood didn't have to embellish many details for the film—Typhoons really can sneak up on you.

The Typhoon is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines developed by the USSR and deployed throughout the 1980s. The fleet of six submarines were built at the Severodvinsk Shipyard on the White Sea.

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