Explore 9 Cutting-Edge Military Submarines Patrolling the Seas Today
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3. Yasen-class (Project 885)
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Russia’s Yasen class merges speed, stealth, and diverse weapons in a double-hull design that reaches remarkable depths. Eight torpedo tubes deploy modern torpedoes and supersonic missiles, while submerged launches of Kalibr cruise missiles give potent land-attack capability. A spherical sonar array can track hundreds of contacts, and titanium construction paired with noise-reduction tech makes the boat eerily quiet.