Breaking into Russia's giant atomic submarine

Typhoon is a ballistic missile submarine developed by the Soviet Navy since the 1980s. With its size, Typhoon submarine is known as the most massive "atomic monster" in the world.

From the early days of its birth, with its power and greatness, this ship was immediately nicknamed Typhoon, ie Windy.

Typhoon was developed from Project 941, under the name Akula - Russian meaning: Shark. The project was developed to create resilient ships with American Ohio submarines (according to data, these Ohio aircraft are capable of carrying up to 192 nuclear warheads).

However, the submarines born from this project are too massive, and they have to be scaled down to better suit the fight.

Typhoon submarine is built at the Severodvinsk Shipyard, in the White Sea of ​​Russia.

A total of 6 Typhoon units were born from this project. The first aircraft to be launched in 1981 was the submarine TK 208, followed by the submarine TK 202 in 1983, the submarine TK 12 in 1984, the submarine TK 13 in 1985, the submarine TK 17 in 1987 and the submarine TK. 20 in 1989. These submarines were staffed for Russia's Northern Fleet at Litsa Guba. Today, however, only Dmitry Donskoi is still active in the Russian navy, serving for rocket launch tests.

It was reported that the last submarine of this class would be destroyed, but the Russian Ministry of Defense denied the information. Typhoon submarines after being replaced by the new strategic Bo class submarine, can be used to make missile launchers.

The power of horrifying destruction - the nightmare of all enemies

Russian Typhoon Class submarine has a multi-body design, with 5 bodies located inside the main body. A special feature is that the main body of the ship is covered with a soundproofing material which makes the ship completely "invisible" in front of enemy radar waves.

The ship has all 19 compartments including a reinforced module compartment that contains the main control room and electronics compartment located above the hulls, behind missile launchers.

The control compartment is designed in the center of the ship to increase the viability of the ship. Accordingly, even in the case of some ship compartments destroyed or submerged, it still has the ability to operate.

The ship's design also allows it to move under ice and break ice. Along with the design that makes the ship capable of breaking ice and diving to the required depths, Typhoon can completely sink under the thick ice in the polar regions. Accordingly, submarines can be completely "invisible" in front of attack submarines as well as enemy anti-submarine forces.

The ship has a modern stabilizer on the stern which is placed behind the propellers. The retractable systems in the hull include two telescopes, one for commanding ships and one for general use. In addition, the ship is also equipped with a radial glass of radio signals, radio communication systems, radars, positioning antenna columns and direction detection.

The ship can dive up to 400m deep, speed reaches 12 knots when floating and 25 knots when diving. Submarines can operate continuously for 120 days at sea. In urgent cases like war, the ship is also capable of operating for a longer time.

In terms of nuclear equipment, like other nuclear submarines, Typhoon is equipped with two nuclear reactors, each capable of producing about 190MW of electricity. Each nuclear reactor will be placed in the main body of the ship, providing power to the turbines. According to many military experts, this power is enough to provide a medium-sized city.

Typhoon-class submarines have a tonnage of about 30,000 tons, 200 meters long and 23 meters wide. At this size, the Typhoon is considered the largest submarine ever built in the world.

In terms of weaponry, firepower, Typhoon is equipped with missiles carrying nuclear warheads. The submarine is capable of carrying up to 20 nuclear warhead missiles with a strategic range of nearly 10,000 km. Each missile deployed on the Typhoon submarine is capable of carrying with itself 10 nuclear warheads, with an estimated explosion rate of 100-150 kiloton, equivalent to about 100-150 thousand tons of explosives, ie nearly 10 times explosion of the bomb from the Hiroshima drop on August 6, 1945 (13 kiloton).

Submarine Class Typhoon has 4 630mm torpedo tubes and 2 533mm torpedo tubes. Torpedo chambers are located at the top of the bow between the hulls. Torpedo tubes can also be used to mine mines.

In addition, Typhoon has the ability to attack 10 different targets with the push of a button. And with about 150-200 nuclear warheads launched in one fire, this is really a nightmare for any enemy.

With this power, the Typhoon submarine can "flatten" a vast area of ​​cold earth when it hits the ground, becoming the "horrifying nightmare" of all enemies.