Lada was developed in the 1990s as the successor to the Kilo class, but the promised improvements that made Lada unique, especially the AIP, were never ready so there was not enough difference between ...

There were many problems with the Lada design, but the main one appears to be the failure of the long promised Russian AIP Air Independent Propulsion system. This was supposed to be a key feature of ...

The batteries that power diesel-fuel submarines are generally quieter underwater than are their more sophisticated (and expensive) nuclear-powered submarine counterparts. This explains why so many ...

Summary: The Russian Navy, despite recent setbacks in Ukraine, continues to operate one of the world’s most formidable submarine fleets, including the advanced Lada-class diesel-electric attack ...