These nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines were designed to destroy American aircraft carriers with their formidable SS-N-19 Granit missiles. Most Important Point: The Oscar II-class ...

the planned number of Oscar II variants was slashed. Only a few of these boats are currently operational due to funding limitations. The Oscar-class submarines are very large since they were ...

The Incident Russia's Oscar II-class submarines, designed during the Cold War to counter NATO threats, symbolize the strength of the Soviet-era naval power. However, the fire aboard the K-150 ...

An Oscar-II class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine was seen entering the Baltic early Thursday. Russia normally only deploys diesel-electric submarines to the area. While these are potent ...

Several Maritime Patrol Aircraft are involved in a big hunt: one (possibly two) Oscar II-class submarine that Russia has sent after NATO warships. According to military sources close to The ...

While the Cold War yet raged, the USSR developed another enormous submarine: the Oscar II-class. Its primary objective was to attack NATO aircraft carrier fleets. Approximately 505 feet in length ...

and unique special mission and test submarines, the Russian Navy is no slouch. Oscar II-class submarine Smolensk. Next up are the eight enormous Oscar-II-class guided missile submarines.

January 7, 2012: Russia is planning to rebuild its' Oscar II class nuclear submarines to carry a wide variety of missiles. Currently, each Oscar II carries 24 large anti-ship missiles. But by ...

It is so successful that an improved Oscar II was announced with quieter engines and increased armaments. A French Agosta class submarine displaces over 1,500 tons when surfaced. It is armed with ...

As on the 11 other Oscar II class submarines, the generators on the Kursk serve as the vessel's gills, powering equipment that extracts oxygen from the water and allowing it to stay below the ...

Experts say its design is a modified version of Russia’s Oscar II class guided-missile submarines, made longer with the aim to eventually accommodate the world’s first nuclear-armed stealth ...

These nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines were designed to destroy American aircraft carriers with their formidable SS-N-19 Granit missiles. Most Important Point: The Oscar II-class ...