The tragic sinking of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk in 2000 remains one of the most mysterious and haunting naval ...

Perhaps the most recognizable Oscar II-class submarine is the Kursk. In August 2000, this ship sank in the Barents Sea during Russia’s first major naval exercise in more than a decade, killing ...

Key Points – Russia’s Oscar II-class (Project 949A Antey) nuclear-powered submarines, originally designed as Cold War “carrier killers,” remain a significant and dangerous part of its fleet.

The Oscar-class submarines are very large since they were designed to carry scores of armaments. Each of these SSNs measures more than 154 meters long and displaces around 12,500 tons while surfaced.

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 ...

Next up are the eight enormous Oscar-II-class guided missile submarines. Five hundred feet long and displacing 24,000 tons underwater, Oscar-IIs were originally commissioned by the Soviet Union to ...

The Oscar II submarines were, as the name suggests, based on the older Oscar I class. Among the improvements was an arsenal that included up to 24 SS-N-19 Granit missiles (known to NATO as ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Omsk, an Oscar-II class submarine, reportedly fired a cruise missile during the exercise. And a smaller non-nuclear Kilo class submarine was also noticed by analysts.

Oscar class submarines, given the designation "Project 949" by the Russian military, were initially Soviet nuclear-powered vessels designed to combat NATO carriers with their fearsome 10.5-meter ...

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 ...