The Soviets introduced this submarine class in 1967 to counter the thermonuclear Polaris missiles used by the Americans in their SSBNs. Although the K-219 was at the cutting edge of Soviet ...

During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But communicating across the Iron Curtain could be just as hard as sending messages ...

In a video posted on Telegram in early February, two floating barriers are shown at the entrance to the natural harbor at Balaklava in Russian-held Crimea. Pro-Ukrainian activists claim the ...

Kim Jong Un is aiming to increase North Korea's nuclear weapons capability as the U.S. remains cautious about the country's ...

The unusual titanium submarine broke new ground—and the Soviet Union’s naval budget. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union’s navy was a dynamic foe of the West. Notably, the Soviet submarine ...

The Soviet global submarine threat has declined dramatically, and is no longer the primary threat to the United States. Instead, the focus is on a still evolving threat of regional conflict in ...

The announcement came amid fears that Pyongyang may be receiving crucial military technology from Russia in return for sending troops and weapons for its war against Ukraine.

TASS/. Legendary shipbuilder Vasily Vorontsov, a World War II veteran, who in the post-war years was among those who worked on the Soviet Union’s first nuclear-powered submarine, has turned 100.

Russia is clearly committed to the Lada-class. But it is a submarine that does not—and will never—live up to the expectations. The old Soviet Union was known for having a fearsome navy.

A Soviet submarine commander creates an international crisis by piloting his experimental nuclear vessel, which is invisible ...