Typhoon class submarine underway
Career
Ordered:	?
Laid down:	March 3, 1977
Launched:	September 23, 1980
Commissioned:	December 12, 1981
General Characteristics
Length:	175 metres
Beam:	23 metres
Draft:	12 metres
Displacement:	Surfaced: 23,200-24,500 tonnes Submerged: 33,800-48,000 tonnes
Propulsion:	2×OK-650 pressurized-water nuclear reactors →190 megawatt each 2×VV-type steam turbines →37 megawatt each 2 shaft, 7 blades shrouded screws
Complement:	163 men
Armament:	1×9K38 Igla SAM 4×650 mm torpedo tubes →RPK-7 Vodopad AShMs →Type 65K torpedoes 2×533 mm torpedo tubes →RPK-2 Viyoga cruise missiles →Type 53 torpedoes[1] D-19 launch system →20×RSM-52 SLBMs Image File history File links Typhoon3. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Russia. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The OK-650 reactor is the nuclear fission reactor used singly to power the Soviet Navys Project 685 Плавник (Mike), Project 971 Щука-Б (Akula), and Project 945 Баракудда, Кондор, and Марс (Sierra) submarines, and in pairs to power the Project 941 Акула (Typhoon) and Project 949 Гранит and Антей (Oscar) third generation submarines. ... The 9K38 Igla (Russian 9К38 Игла́ – needle, NATO reporting name SA-18 Grouse) is a Russian/Soviet man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. ... Akash Missile Firing French Air Force Crotale battery Bendix Rim-8 Talos surface to air missile of the US Navy A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. ... Torpedo tubes of the French SNLE Redoutable A torpedo tube is a device for launching torpedoes in a horizontal direction. ... The SS-N-16 Stallion was a Soviet 650 mm anti-ship missile that was deployed between 1979 and 1981. ... Image:RBS-15 missile launch. ... Type 65 is a torpedo manufactured in Russia. ... The torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled explosive projectile weapon, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target, and designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... The RPK-2 Viyuga (western designation SS-N-15 Starfish, Russian: ) cruise missile is a Russian missile. ... Type 53 is a torpedo manufactured in Russia. ... The R-39 is a Russian submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM). ... French M45 SLBM and M51 SLBM Submarine-launched ballistic missiles or SLBMs are ballistic missiles delivering nuclear weapons that are launched from submarines. ...
Speed:	Surfaced: 12 knots Submerged: 27 knots
Maximum depth:	400 metres

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Description and history

The Typhoon class submarine is a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine deployed by the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. With a maximum displacement of 48,000 tonnes, Typhoons are the largest class of submarine ever built. The NATO reporting name stems from the use of the word "typhoon" (тайфун) by Leonid Brezhnev in a 1974 speech while describing a new type of nuclear ballistic missile submarine. The Typhoon class was developed under Project 941 as the Russian Akula class (Акула), meaning shark. It is sometimes confused with other submarines, as Akula is the name NATO uses to designate the Russian Project 971 Shchuka-B (Щука-Б) class attack submarines. The Redoutable, a French SNLE (now a museum) A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine equipped to launch ballistic missiles (SLBMs), such as the Russian R-29 or the American/British Trident. ... The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally Naval military forces of the USSR) was the naval arm of the Soviet armed forces. ... NATO reporting names are unclassified code names for Soviet and Chinese military equipment. ... Brezhnev redirects here. ... For other uses, see Shark (disambiguation). ... This article is about the submarine class with NATO reporting name Akula. For the submarine class with the Soviet name Akula, see Typhoon class submarine. ...

Typhoon submarines are among the quietest sea vessels in operation, being quieter and yet more maneuverable than their predecessors. This is partly due to the vessels' large size, which allows them to minimize noise caused by water. Besides their missile armament, the Typhoon class features six torpedo tubes; two are designed to handle RPK-2 (SS-N-15) missiles or Type 53 torpedoes, and the other four are designed to launch RPK-7 (SS-N-16) missiles, Type 65 torpedoes, or mines. A Typhoon class submarine can stay submerged for periods up to 180 days in normal conditions, and potentially more if necessity arises (e.g. nuclear war). Torpedo tubes of the French SNLE Redoutable A torpedo tube is a device for launching torpedoes in a horizontal direction. ... The RPK-2 Viyuga (western designation SS-N-15 Starfish, Russian: ) cruise missile is a Russian missile. ... Type 53 is a torpedo manufactured in Russia. ... The SS-N-16 Stallion was a Soviet 650 mm anti-ship missile that was deployed between 1979 and 1981. ... Type 65 is a torpedo manufactured in Russia. ... Polish wz. ... This article is about nuclear war as a form of actual warfare, including history. ...

Typhoon class submarines feature multiple pressure hulls that simplify internal design while making the vessel much wider than a normal submarine. In the main body of the sub, two Delta class titanium pressure hulls lie parallel with a third, smaller pressure hull above them (which protrudes just below the sail), and two other pressure hulls for torpedoes and steering gear. This also greatly increases their survivability - even if one pressure hull is breached, the crew members in the other are safe and there is less potential for flooding. High internal volume also allows Typhoon class submarines to provide good conditions for their crews, including sport facilities, sauna, swimming pool and a smoking room.[1] The term light hull is used to describe the outer hull of a submareine, which houses the pressure hull, providing hydrodynamically efficient shape, but not holding pressure difference. ... It has been suggested that Delta I class submarine, Delta II class submarine and Delta III class submarine be merged into this article or section. ... General Name, symbol, number titanium, Ti, 22 Chemical series transition metals Group, period, block 4, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Standard atomic weight 47. ...

Six Typhoon class submarines were built, with each carrying 20 R-39 missiles (SS-N-20) with a maximum of 10 MIRV nuclear warheads each. Originally, the submarines were designated by hull numbers only. Names were later assigned to the four vessels retained by the Russian Navy, which were sponsored by either a city or company. The construction of an additional vessel (hull number TK-210) was canceled and never completed. Only the first of these submarines to be constructed, the Dmitry Donskoi, is still in service with the Russian Navy, serving as a test platform for the Bulava (SS-NX-30) missile currently under development. All the R-39 missiles have been retired. The Typhoons are slated to be replaced with the Borei class starting in 2007. The R-39 is a Russian submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM). ... For the article about the band, see M.I.R.V. The MIRVed U.S. Peacekeeper missile, with the re-entry vehicles highlighted in red. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ... The Russian Navy or VMF (Russian: Военно-Морской Флот (ВМФ) - Voyenno- Morskoy Flot (VMF) or Military Maritime Fleet) is the naval arm of the Russian armed forces. ... The SS-NX-30, or Bulava (translated as mace), is a solid propellant, submarine launched intercontinental ballistic missile currently under development by the Russian Federation. ... The Borei class (or Borey; Russian: Борей, named after Boreas) is a nuclear-powered ballistic missile-carrying submarine (SSBN) currently in development by Russia. ...

Satellite photos

• Three Typhoon class submarines at Zapadnaya Litsa on the Kola peninsula

• A fourth Typhoon class submarine at Severodvinsk, Russia

• A fifth Typhoon class submarine at Severodvinsk, Russia

• Two other Typhoon-scale afloat submarine hulks at Severodvinsk, Russia

Zapadnaya Litsa is the largest and most important Russian naval base built by the Sowjet Union for nuclear-powered submarines of the Northern Fleet. ... Location of Kola south of the Barents Sea. ... Sewerodwinsk (Russian: ) is a city in Archangelsk Oblast, Russia. ... Sewerodwinsk (Russian: ) is a city in Archangelsk Oblast, Russia. ... Sewerodwinsk (Russian: ) is a city in Archangelsk Oblast, Russia. ...

Vessels

The RFS Dmitri Donskoi (TK-208) is a Russian Navy submarine that formerly served in the Soviet Navy. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The ТК-202 was a ballistic missile submarine of the Russian Navy, formerly having served in the Soviet Navy as well. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Hull number TK-210 was to be an Akula class (NATO reporting name Typhoon) submarine. ...

830 TK 17 Arkhangelsk

Typhoon-5. 19.02.1988 entered 18th division (Zapadnaya Litsa) NOR. 08.01-09.11.2002 refit at Sevmash. In July 2002, crew petitioned Main Navy Headquarters to adopt the name Arkhangel'sk (renamed on 18.11.2002). Commander: 2002-2003 V.Volkov. Feb 17, 2004 took part in military exercises with President Putin aboard. 2005: Planned to be refitted to carry a new Bulava missile system.

TK 20 Severstal

Typhoon-6. 28.02.1990 entered 18th division (Zapadnaya Litsa), NOR. 25.08.1996 successfully launched SLBM; 11.1996 successfully launched SLBM from North Pole. 24.07.1999 took part in parade on Navy Day in Severomorsk, NOR. 11-12.1999 - distant march. 2001 renamed to Severstal'. 06.2001-12.2002 repairs at Sevmash. Commander: A.Bogachev (2001). Decommissioned ? To be refitted with new SS-NX-30 Bulava missiles.

834 TK 208 Dmitry Donskoy

Typhoon-1. 09.02.1982 entered 18th division (Zapadnaya Litsa), NOR. 12.1982 transferred from Severodvinsk to Zapadnaya Litsa. 1983-1984 tests D-19 missile complex. Commanders: A.V.Olkhovnikov (1980-1984). 03.12.1986 entered Navy Board of the Winners of the Socialist Competition. 18.01.1987 entered MoD Board of Glory. 20.09.1989 -1991 repairs and refit at Sevmash to project 941U. 1991 refit cancelled. 1996 returned to 941U refit. 2002 renamed to Dmitry Donskoy. 26.06.2002 end of refit. 30.06.2002 start of testing. 26.07.2002 entered sea trials, Re-entered fleet, sans missile system; December 2003: sea trials; refitted to carry a new Bulava missile system. New missile system expected to be operational 2005. Oct 9, 2005 successfully launched SS-NX-30 Bulava SLBM from surface. Dec 21, 2005 successfully launched SS-NX-30 Bulava SLBM from submerged position on move. 2006.09.07 Test launch of the Bulava missile failed after several minutes in flight due to the problems in the flight control system. The missile fell into the sea about a minute after the launch. The sub was not affected and was returning to Severodvinsk base submerged. Later reports blamed the engine of the first stage for the failure. 2006.10.25, test launch of the Bulava-M missile in the White Sea failed some 200 seconds after liftoff due to the apparent failure of the flight control system.

Typhoon-based cargo vessel

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Main article: Submarine Cargo Vessel

The Submarine Cargo Vessel is a proposed idea by the Rubin Design Bureau where a Typhoon has its missile launchers removed and replaced with cargo holds. The projected cargo capacity of this configuration is 15,000 tonnes. The Submarine Cargo Vessel (Russian: Подводное транспортное судно) is a proposed idea from the Russian Rubin Design Bureau. ... Monument to commemorate 100 years of professional submarine designing in Russia and in CDB ME Rubin (from Dolphin to Typhoon) Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering Rubin (Russian: Центральное конструкторское бюро Рубин, shortened to ЦКБ Рубин) in Saint-Petersburg is one of the main Russian centers of submarine design. ... A tonne or metric ton (symbol t), sometimes referred to as a metric tonne, is a measurement of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. ...

Typhoon class submarines in fiction

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Typhoon class submarine, covered with ice

A fictional stealth ship Typhoon class submarine called Красный Октябрь (Krazny Octyabyr) (Red October) is the subject of the Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October and the movie adaptation of that book. In the novel, the Red October used a drive system consisting of long shafts cut through the hull with impellers inside them, called a tunnel drive or caterpillar drive. In the movie, the caterpillar drive was instead said to be a Magnetohydrodynamic drive. In both the novel and the movie, the drive was said to be near-silent; this made the Red October a perfect platform for launching depressed-trajectory ballistic missiles at the United States. The book claims such launches would have minimal warning times and be extremely difficult to intercept. The movie features what would have to be a Typhoon-II: The filming model is longer than an average Typhoon and features a towed sonar array (blimp on the rudder house), similar to the Akula class submarine SSN. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Shortcut: WP:WIN Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and, as a means to that end, also an online community. ... Image File history File links Typhoon_iced. ... Image File history File links Typhoon_iced. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Red October (Russian: Красный Октябрь, Krasniy Oktyabr ) is a fictitious Project 941 Typhoon-class submarine in the Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October and the movie based on it. ... For the member of the Irish folk band The Clancy Brothers, see Tom Clancy (singer) and for the American Celticist, see Thomas Owen Clancy. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... An impeller is a rotor inside a tube or conduit to increase the pressure and flow of a fluid. ... A Magnetohydrodynamic drive or MHD propulsor, is a method proposed for propelling seagoing vessels. ... This article is about the submarine class with NATO reporting name Akula. For the submarine class with the Soviet name Akula, see Typhoon class submarine. ... SSN is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings: Social Security number (United States), an identification number used by the U.S. Social Security Administration. ...

Typhoon submarines are also the subject of a fictional novel, Typhoon, written by Mark Joseph, which is about an attempted takeover of the Soviet Union by rebellious officers using Typhoon submarines to threaten nuclear missile launches on their own country of Russia.

Typhoon class submarines are available as naval units when playing the Soviet faction in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 strategy game - however these were armed only with torpedoes, and were not ballistic missile submarines.

In the game expansion Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots, in the Cold War campaign only, the Soviets have Typhoon class submarines at their disposal. They are armed only with torpedoes, but are one of the most powerful naval units in the game, and are able to sink almost every enemy vessel with a single salvo.

In the game expansion Act of War: High Treason, the Consortium uses modified Typhoon class submarines, which are faster and harder to detect than the original ones. They're armed with torpedoes and cruise missiles, but they must surface and reveal themselves to fire missiles.

A fictional Typhoon class submarine named the Nikodim is mentioned in Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident as the drop zone for Artemis Fowl senior on the Kola Peninsula, although this submarine is one of over a hundred in the stretch of coast near Sevoromorsk. Artemis Fowl: the Arctic Incident is the second book in the Artemis Fowl trilogy. ...

The Typhoon class submarines are the largest and best armed in the shareware game SinkSub Pro. [2] Look up shareware in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

A Typhoon class submarine also plays a part in the Japanese animated OVA series Blue Submarine No. 6 (Ao no Roku Gou. Blue no. 6). The Typhoon class submarine with a complement of 20 nuclear missiles was salvaged and intended to be used as a mine for the final strike against Zorndyke. A human ovum An ovum (loosely, egg or egg cell) is a female sex cell or gamete. ... Blue Submarine No. ...

A Typhoon is featured in (and subsequently destroyed by) the USS 688I class submarine Cheyenne in the Clancy "novel" "SSN".

A decommissioned Typhoon lying in a forgotten drydock facility is the setting for a shootout between US Force Reconnaissance Marines and a group of mercenaries in the Matthew Reilly thriller 'Scarecrow'.

A Typhoon is featured in the pilot episode of SeaQuest DSV as a pirate submarine. Although the submarine class is not named, the Typhoon's distinctive hullform is unmistakable. This section has been identified as trivia. ...

In the game Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, the Yuktobanian Navy's Submarine Command uses Typhoons as radar picket submarines for the Hrimfaxi submarine aircraft carrier, which is located in the Razgriz Straits. Yuktobania Yuktobania is a fictional country that was created in the PlayStation 2 video game Ace Combat 5. ... Scinfaxi (IPA: [sɪnfæksɪ]) and Hrimfaxi (IPA: [ɹɪmfæksɪ]) are the names of a pair of fictional gigantic Yuktobanian submarine aircraft carriers in the videogame Ace Combat 5. ...

See also

• Intercontinental ballistic missile
• Submarine-launched ballistic missile
• Nuclear warfare
• Nuclear strategy
• Submarine Cargo Vessel
• Ohio-class submarine

A Minuteman III ICBM test launch from Vandenberg AFB, California, United States. ... French M45 SLBM and M51 SLBM Submarine-launched ballistic missiles or SLBMs are ballistic missiles delivering nuclear weapons that are launched from submarines. ... This article is about nuclear war as a form of actual warfare, including history. ... Nuclear strategy involves the development of doctrines and strategies for the production and use of nuclear weapons. ... The Submarine Cargo Vessel (Russian: Подводное транспортное судно) is a proposed idea from the Russian Rubin Design Bureau. ... The United States has 18 Ohio class submarines: 14 nuclear-powered SSBNs, each armed with 24 Trident II SLBMs; they are also known as Trident submarines, and provide the sea-based leg of the nuclear triad of the United States strategic deterrent forces 4 nuclear-powered SSGNs, each armed with...

External links

• Video of the Typhoon SSBN.
• NATO Code Names for submarines and ships
• Federation of American Scientists: Typhoon
• Haze Gray
• NRDC Nuclear Notebook - Russian Nuclear Forces, 2005
• Rubin official site
• Wikimapia satellite image of three Typhoon class submarines

Notes

in service SSBN classes v • d • e
Le Triomphant | Le Redoutable | Typhoon | Delta | Ohio | Vanguard | Type 092