Alfa-Class: Russia’s Titanium Submarine That America Never Could Match What You Need to Know: The Soviet Alfa-class submarine, featured in Tom Clancy’s The Hunt for Red October, was a ...

The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Toledo recently arrived at its new homeport at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in ...

Faster than the Alfa-class submarine, the K-222 struck fear in NATO fleets with is high speed, sudden strike missile ...

Summary: The Soviet Union’s Alfa-class submarines, introduced during the Cold War, marked a significant advancement in naval technology with their speed, depth capabilities, and innovative use ...

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 ...

Russia’s Alfa Class fast attack submarine was the SR-71 of the undersea world during the Cold War. The Alfas were largely constructed of titanium, used a liquid-metal cooled nuclear powerplant ...

Titanium is a strong and non-corrosive metal, making it seem ideal for submarines, but the US doesn't use it due to its cost and manufacturing difficulties.

The designs for Russia’s next class of nuclear attack submarine, the Laika class, were recently revealed. The Laika ships will replace the existing Alfa-class boats, which have been in ...

The first of Navy’s 14 Ohio-class submarines will reach the end of its lifecycle by 2027 — making the launch of its intended replacement, the Columbia-class submarine, an urgent national priority.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The nuclear submarine USS Arkansas was christened Saturday, almost a decade in the making since the U.S. Navy announced that a Virginia-class submarine would bear the ...

The Navy is slated to commission its very first Virginia-class submarine designed for a fully gender-integrated crew on Saturday. A submarine designed and built for both genders has been a long ...