Typhoon-class
Largest nuclear submarines
Typhoon-class designates Soviet nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, the largest submarines ever built.
Constructed during the Cold War, these vessels carried multiple nuclear warheads and were designed to survive a first strike and retaliate.
The class name comes from NATO designation; the Soviets called them Akula (shark).
The Typhoon-class submarine in "The Hunt for Red October" captured Cold War anxieties.
Of hurled objects
- SovietOf the USSR
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- strategicDeliberately planned for advantage
- submarineUnderwater naval craft
Red October · missile · trident · deterrent · boomer · underwater · fleet · patrol
1917 Russian revolution
- ClancyIrish surname, often male
- filmMovie or coating
- novelNew and unusual
- ConneryScottish actor, first Bond
thriller · Hollywood · fiction · iconic · defection · Cold War · cinematic · bestseller
Most big
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- tonnageShip's weight capacity
- hullOuter covering or frame
- titaniumElement twenty-two
pressure · reactor · propeller · draft · beam · length · buoyancy · compartments
Thing that discourages action
- strategicDeliberately planned for advantage
- arsenalStockpile of munitions
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- NATOWestern defense organization
threat · patrol · deployment · fleet · strike · capability · defense · retaliation
Of the USSR
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- 1980sFourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- decommissionedRemoved from active service
- arms reductionLowering military weapon counts
START · treaty · dismantlement · legacy · era · obsolete · retired · preservation
ballistic
Of hurled objects
submarine · Red October · missile · trident · deterrent · boomer · underwater · fleet · patrol · stealth
Red October
1917 Russian revolution
Connery · thriller · Hollywood · fiction · iconic · defection · Cold War · cinematic · bestseller · submarine warfare
largest
Most big
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- tonnageShip's weight capacity
- hullOuter covering or frame
titanium · pressure · reactor · propeller · draft · beam · length · buoyancy · compartments · ballast
deterrent
Thing that discourages action
- strategicDeliberately planned for advantage
- arsenalStockpile of munitions
- warheadMunition's explosive section
NATO · threat · patrol · deployment · fleet · strike · capability · defense · retaliation · nuclear triad
Soviet
Of the USSR
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- 1980sFourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- decommissionedRemoved from active service
arms reduction · START · treaty · dismantlement · legacy · era · obsolete · retired · preservation · museum
- Russian Navynavy, fleet, Pacific Fleet, destroyers, submarine
Typhoon-classair
Gaseous envelope surrounding Earth
strategic bomber · land · B-52 · ground forces · aircraft carrier
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