In February 2023, the Russian Navy's last Type 941 (Typhoon-class) ballistic missile nuclear submarine "Dmitry Donskoy" was officially retired. The Type 941 was built during the Cold War and is the largest submarine in human history. Although the era of establishing a "terrorist peace" by using super-strong military force to deter each other has long ended, the Type 941, with its "violent aesthetics" and representing the highest combat power of the entire Soviet Union, has become a unique relic of that era and a totem symbol that has survived to this day. Its retirement has reduced the Soviet Union's mark!
A total of 6 Type 941 nuclear submarines were built and successively served in the 1980s. They were the epitome of the latest technology at the time. Their underwater displacement was 48,000 tons, which was almost the same as that of a medium-sized aircraft carrier. How could such a tonnage be called a "boat"? The Soviet Union called it a "strategic ballistic missile submarine cruiser" (PIKCH, PaxermыЙп0ДBOДHЙ xpeicep crpareruueckoro Ha3Ha4eHua). As a huge underwater warship, the Type 941 is fully loaded with strategic missiles, directly targeting the United States and other NATO countries. In fact, the name "Typhoon" is quite consistent with the characteristics of this equipment, and also represents the Soviet Union's fundamental attitude towards this strategic equipment. In order to find out what kind of military thought this "deep-sea giant ship" represents and where it comes from? This site launches a special article "The Disappearing Typhoon Class". By studying the essence of the Soviet-American nuclear confrontation during the Cold War, the development momentum and process of the Type 941, the inevitability of development, and the actual effectiveness of the Type 941 are analyzed, and the "behind the scenes" of the Type 941 strategic nuclear submarine are told to readers.