Typhoon Class submarines, also known as "Acula" in Russia, represent the pinnacle of submarine engineering, holding the record as the largest submarines ever built. Created during the Cold War, these ...

This article appears in the August 2025 print edition with the headline “The New Arms Race.” ...

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station in Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co, CC BY-SA An unresolved challenge for fission is that the byproducts of the reaction are radioactive for a long time ...

The submarine involved in the 1986 disaster was the K-219, a Navaga Class nuclear ballistic missile sub (SSBN) with the NATO designation of Yankee-class. The Soviets introduced this submarine ...

What You Need to Know: The Soviet K-27 submarine, part of the November-class, was an experimental vessel powered by lead-bismuth cooled reactors that proved highly problematic. In May 1968, one of ...

One such Russian system that is redefining the face of modern warfare is the 3M22 Zircon. This impressive system has now been married to the Yasen -class nuclear-powered submarine, giving the ...

BAE Systems employs around 15,000 staff in the North West, including approximately 10,000 at its submarine yard in ...