Typhoon Class Submarine: The Largest Submarine Ever Built - Megaprojects

And yes... It totally has a swimming pool on-board :D.

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[Petriefied]

I worked with an ex-royal navy engineer. He told me about a time when he was on a ship (frigate) in the arctic circle looking for a Russian sub and was on deck with with binoculars looking for periscopes. He told me that one of these monsters surfaced next to their ship, a good ten times the size! Apparently someone was at the top of the conning tower waving as all hell broke loose on board the ship. By the time they had gone to battle stations, the sub had submerged again. He told me it was the biggest thing he'd ever seen in his life, it totally dwarfed the ship he was on.

[brendansmith]

That moment when you realize that a typhoon class submarine may actually have more destructive potential than a literal typhoon

[skunkworksdistilleryandfir]

"We're talking about several billion dollars worth of Soviet state property. They're going to want it back."

[DesGardius-megf]

“Cold this morning, Captain.”
“Cold... and hard.”

[ohwingman]

The primary reason that the Typhoon was so much larger than anything else was the way they were employed. Typhoons typically sortied into the White Sea from their base on the Kola peninsula and then sat quietly on the bottom until called into action or returned to their base. Because of this they needed to be large enough to accommodate their crews for extended periods of time and additional facilities such as a swimming pool and gymnasium were required along with storage for food and other sundry items. The twin pressure hull design was necessary to keep them stable and provide enough flotation to allow them to rise and penetrate the heavy overhead ice on the White sea for launching their missiles and also provided a superior ability for crew survival in case of damage and possible sinking. Single hull designs proved to be unworkable when tested for purpose.

[TheNinjaDC]

The funniest thing I remember hearing was Russian sailors of these ships actually started calling them Typhoons too, after hearing the NATO designation, simply because they found the name cooler.

[KEVMAN]

Only Sean Connery can speak Russian with a Scottish accent.

[sunnyverghese]

I saw a Typhoon class sub at St Petersburg Russia once. It is massive beyond imagination. Should be called one of the seven technological wonders of the modern world.

[andyshirvis]

Captain Grishkov must have needed a trolley to cart his giant steel balls around, what an absolute legend.

[LatenightLyle]

Just started watching this channel. Out of the 700 channels you host, this has to be the best balance of your professional presentation and your casual commentary.

[amgclark]

I love Russian engineering solutions.

'We don't care if bomb is big; we just make bigger boat.'

[Assassinus]

I'm sure there must've been someone in the Soviet Navy must have been annoyed by NATO calling their Shchuka-class SSN the Akula.
"Vasya, are you sure these NATO designations are correct?"
"Yes, Comrade Admiral."
"I swear they're doing it deliberately to mess with me, Vasya. We name our submarine the Akula, they call it a Typhoon. We name a submarine the Shchuka, they call it an Akula."
"Yes, Comrade Admiral."

[Corn-yu]

I don't know how much information is available but Switzerland's bunker systems would be cool to learn about.

[Camolicious]

Fun fact, the russians used these massive subs as temporary power stations for small coastal cities at one point. The nuclear cores on these subs were dangerously powerful.

[michaeldillon]

I would have liked to have seen Montana

[BIGJATPSU]

"I would have liked to have seen Montana." And scene!

[agactual]

I used to build Typhoon subs all of the time when playing as the Soviets in Red Alert 2, so I think I know a thing or two about commanding these submarines, if anyone has any questions. The key is to pair them up with a bunch of mind controlled squids. Just a bit of a spoiler for you.

[JamesinAZ]

"Give me a ping, Vasily. One ping only, please."

[ignitionfrn]

0:35 - Chapter 1 - A vast leviathan
5:00 - Chapter 2 - The cold war
7:50 - Chapter 3 - The shark
9:15 - Chapter 4 - Armaments
11:00 - Chapter 5 - Propulsion
12:05 - Chapter 6 - Moments from disaster
15:25 - Chapter 7 - As big as it gets

[tedjohansen]

The Hunt for Red October is - to this day - still the pinnacle of submarine movies. Absolutely epic.