Project 941 is one of the most insane engineering feats ever created ⚓️
Project 941 Akula, known in the West as the Typhoon class, was a Soviet ballistic missile submarine built for Arctic patrols during the late Cold War. At 175 meters long and 48,000 tons submerged, its size came from a specific job: carry 20 nuclear missiles, stay hidden for months, and operate under polar ice.
Its bulk wasn’t spectacle. It was insurance: redundancy, endurance, and missile capacity packed into one platform.
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