Russia’s Akula I-class nuclear-powered attack submarines (Project 971U), introduced in the late 1980s, remain operationally ...

Moreover, the sonar system was designed to be employed ... The floors of all of the Akula-class submarines were also designed to be suspended within the hull while anechoic tiles covered the ...

The later Akula II submarine was designed to rival America’s Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered subs (SSNs). From enhanced sonar systems to new weaponry and nuclear reactors, the Soviet submarine ...

A modern sonar suite that could truly exploit the submarine's capabilities ... than six or seven knots) the Akula is quieter than the 688 (Los Angeles-class) and is very difficult for us to ...

SOKS was first introduced in 1969 and it is still found on Russian attack submarines like the Akula and Yasen class subs. While sonar is the go-to in submarine detection tech, there are a host of ...

Seawolf-class The Navy began designing Seawolf-class subs in 1983 in direct response to the Soviet Navy's newest Akula-class attack submarines ... diameter spherical sonar array mounted in ...

"Match sonar bearings and shoot," ordered the skipper, Cmdr. Todd Moore. The air pressure rose sharply as a simulated torpedo headed toward its simulated target: a Russian Akula-class submarine.

Ten years ago the latest Chinese attack submarines were considered to be as quiet as the latest Russian Akula Class submarines ... are known to have passive sonar arrays along their sides ...

The Laika class is the third new post-Cold War submarine scheduled to enter production and will replace the Akula (“Shark ... and will feature a conformal sonar array that wraps around ...