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The Typhoon class, Soviet designation Project 941 Akula (Russian : Акула, meaning "shark ", NATO reporting name Typhoon), is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines designed and built by the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy . With a submerged displacement of 48,000 tonnes ,[2] the Typhoons are the largest submarines ever built,[4] able to accommodate comfortable living facilities for the crew of 160 when submerged for months on end.[5] The source of the NATO reporting name remains unclear, although it is often claimed to be related to the use of the word "typhoon " ("тайфун") by General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev of the Communist Party in a 1974 speech while describing a new type of nuclear ballistic missile submarine, as a reaction to the United States Navy 's new Ohio-class submarine.[6]
The Russian Navy cancelled its Typhoon modernization program in March 2012, stating that modernizing one Typhoon would be as expensive as building two new Borei-class submarines .[7] With the announcement that Russia has eliminated the last R-39 Rif (SS-N-20 Sturgeon) SLBMs in September 2012, only one Typhoon remains in service, Dmitry Donskoy , which is armed with the more modern RSM-56 Bulava SLBM . [8] [9] " -Wikipedia

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The Typhoon class, Soviet designation Project 941 Akula (Russian : Акула, meaning "shark ", NATO reporting name Typhoon), is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines designed and built by the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy . With a submerged displacement of 48,000 tonnes ,[2] the Typhoons are the largest submarines ever built,[4] able to accommodate comfortable living facilities for the crew of 160 when submerged for months on end.[5] The source of the NATO reporting name remains unclear, although it is often claimed to be related to the use of the word "typhoon " ("тайфун") by General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev of the Communist Party in a 1974 speech while describing a new type of nuclear ballistic missile submarine, as a reaction to the United States Navy 's new Ohio-class submarine.[6]
The Russian Navy cancelled its Typhoon modernization program in March 2012, stating that modernizing one Typhoon would be as expensive as building two new Borei-class submarines .[7] With the announcement that Russia has eliminated the last R-39 Rif (SS-N-20 Sturgeon) SLBMs in September 2012, only one Typhoon remains in service, Dmitry Donskoy , which is armed with the more modern RSM-56 Bulava SLBM . [8] [9] " -Wikipedia