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Typhoon submarine design12/30/2023 The Akula incorporates a double hull system composed of an inner pressure hull and an outer "light" hull. The Project 971 was named Shchuka-B by the Soviets but given the designation Akula by the West after the name of the lead ship, K-284.Īccording to defense analyst Norman Polmar, the launch of the first submarine in 1985, "shook everyone up", as Western intelligence agencies had not expected the Soviet Union to produce such a boat for another ten years. Some confusion may exist as the name Akula (Russian: Акула, meaning " shark" in Russian) was used by the Soviets for a different class of submarines, the Project 941, which is known in the West as the Typhoon class. The Russians call all of the submarines Shchuka-B, regardless of modifications. There are four sub-classes or flights of Shchuka-B, consisting of the original seven Project 971 boats (codenamed Akula I), commissioned between 19 six Project 971Is (Improved Akulas), commissioned between 19 one Project 971U ( Akula II), commissioned in 1995 and one Project 971M ( Akula III), commissioned in 2001. The Akula class, Soviet designation Project 971 Shchuka-B ( Russian: Щука-Б, lit.' Pike-B', NATO reporting name Akula) is a series of fourth generation nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) first deployed by the Soviet Navy in 1986.
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