Key Points and Summary - During the Cold War, the Soviet Union chased exotic undersea performance with titanium-hulled submarines like the Alfa and Mike classes—boats that could dive deeper and sprint ...

Key Points and Summary - The Sierra I-class was the Soviet Navy’s bold attempt to build an ultra-high-performance nuclear attack submarine using a titanium hull. -Fast, deep-diving and quieter than ...

Really Fast: The Soviet-era Alfa-class submarine was a groundbreaking, high-performance vessel that demonstrated Russian submarine innovation. Built with a titanium hull and powered by a ...

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 ...

Despite its impressive nature, the Lira-class was in no real way a strategic game-changer for the Soviets in their bid to defeat the West—and its costs were immense. During the Cold War, many radical ...