With the remarkable level of bloodshed associated with its career, one can see how S-13 earned the admiration of Joseph Stalin. Officially designated Srednyaya (Russian for “medium”), the S-Class ...

The Soviet K-219 nuclear ballistic missile submarine sank in the North Atlantic off the coast of Bermuda in October 1986. The ...

The sinking of the K-278 led to concerns over environmental contamination, as the submarine went down with its nuclear reactor—and two nuclear-armed torpedoes on board. The K-278’s short service life, ...

In the spring of 1945, the U.S. Navy quietly handed over 149 warships to the Soviet Union at a remote Alaskan outpost, training the crews for the upcoming invasion of Japan. In the spring of 1945, ...