During the height of the Cold War, the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union spurred several technology-oriented races where both countries were trying to outdo the competition. The ...

Article Summary - Titanium promised the Soviets deeper-diving, faster, low-magnetic submarines like Alfa and Sierra, but it came with brutal industrial, cost, and sustainment penalties. -Building and ...

What You Need to Know: In the 1960s, the Soviet Union unveiled the Alfa-class submarines, revolutionary vessels constructed with titanium hulls that allowed for unmatched speed and deep-diving ...

The unit, which arose from a program dating to the 1960s, has never been asked to rescue sailors trapped in a submarine in ...

March 13 (Reuters) - Russia's AS-31 deep-diving nuclear powered submarine, known by its nickname as Losharik, will go out for testing in June or July after completing years of repairs, the state TASS ...

The U.S. Navy's Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS) has been recertified for full operation after a ...

What You Need to Know: In May 2002, the Navy research submarine USS Dolphin caught fire and partially flooded near San Diego while resurfacing to recharge its batteries. -All 43 crew members survived, ...

The world's deepest-diving submarine has disappeared in the choppy Pacific Ocean off Japan, a blow to deep-sea research on everything from earthquakes to rare bacteria, an official said Monday. Kaiko, ...