The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between United States and the U.S.S.R that lasted all of 45 years and only ended in 1991 when the latter broke up. The Superpowers were locked in a crazed nuclear arms race. At a point, the United States seemed to be ahead with their nuclear arsenal; a stockpile that included some pretty impressive nuclear weapons platform like the massive Ohio Class submarines.
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Then the Russians responded with a weapons platform of their own in a bid to even the odds. They pulled out all the stops too and forced the world to take notice. The monstrosity in question was developed under Project 941 known in Russia as Akula but to the rest of the world as the Typhoon Class submarine.
The project was signed off in the early 1970s and by 1976, construction was underway on the first one. The deployment of the Typhoon class submarines caused a lot of consternation within the NATO ranks and having a fix on their locations at all times became a top priority, even after the Cold War ended.
The Typhoon Class submarines set a host of records; some of which are still unbroken today.
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