During the Cold War, the Soviet Union chased exotic undersea performance with titanium-hulled submarines like the Alfa and ...

Despite its impressive nature, the Lira-class was in no real way a strategic game-changer for the Soviets in their bid to defeat the West—and its costs were immense. What You Need to Know: The Soviet ...

Titanium sounds perfect on paper. Even Apple uses Grade 5 titanium for its iPhones. It's lighter than steel, far stronger by weight, and shrugs off corrosion from salt water. It can dive deeper and ...

Ukraine said its naval drones damaged a Russian submarine in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, in a special operation it ...

Ukraine has carried out a successful underwater drone strike on a Russian submarine in the port of Novorossiysk, causing ...

Really Fast: The Soviet-era Alfa-class submarine was a groundbreaking, high-performance vessel that demonstrated Russian submarine innovation. Built with a titanium hull and powered by a ...