Despite their advanced design, the Alfa-class submarines ... the Soviet Union produced a total of seven Project 705 Lira (NATO reporting name Alfa) nuclear-powered attack submarines.

Russia’s Alfa-class submarine, with its unique titanium hull, is but one example of this Russian submarine prowess. These boats can cruise over 40 knots (46 miles per hour).

Andrew Lewis had similar concerns a year prior, saying that these Russian ... submarines with a top speed of 35 knots when submerged, rivaling the unofficial speed of America's Seawolf-class ...

On that morning an American nuclear-powered attack sub, the U.S.S. Grayling, was shadowing a Russian Delta-class sub out on ... on the amount of time their submarines spend at sea, when they ...

In August 1993, when the USS Pargo, a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, went to sea with ... remained germinal until the late 1980s, when the Soviet threat dissipated like smoke and the U.S ...

Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets ...

"In addition to the 10 Borei/Borei-A-class missile carriers and nine Yasen/Yasen-M attack submarines ... has produced five Borei-class submarines for the Russian Navy. Besides, Russia has three ...

SEOUL--North Korea has launched its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine ... vessel appears to be a modified Soviet-era Romeo-class submarine, which North Korea acquired ...