Designed after a very specific brief, this Rossinavi hybrid superyacht explorer has already completed a successful first ...

Key Point: Moscow’s Akula subs are feared and respected. They have begun to show their age, but no one would dare to discount them in battle. The Soviet Union produced hot-rod submarines that could ...

In a country where many aspire to become a cricketer, doctor or engineer, Kavita Akula decided to take a much different path. She aimed for a career in basketball, a sport with a low profile in India.

In late 1984, when the first Akula submarine of the Soviet Navy put to sea, it immediately changed the way anti-submarine warfare would be conducted. With the Akula's arrival the American submarine ...

Russia celebrates Navy Day on July 26 annually, to honour the country’s naval fleet, guarding the vast coastline. Correspondent Oleg Kuleshov ventured inside the world’s largest submarine, an ...

The Akula class of nuclear-powered attack submarines is a formidable and remarkably long-lived showcase of the late Soviet Union’s single minded drive to keep pace with—if not exceed—its Cold War ...