The Soviets introduced this submarine class in 1967 to counter the thermonuclear Polaris missiles used by the Americans in ...

John C.K. Daly, a defense expert for The Jamestown Foundation, told RFE/RL that if the facility is currently being used by the Russian Navy it would be for ships rather than submarines.

The unusual titanium submarine broke new ground—and the Soviet Union’s naval budget ... from the depths of Hades involved the case of K-123 in 1982. At that time, the Alfa-class was on ...