Why The Largest Submarine In The World Wasn’t Big Enough

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  • @NotWhatYouThink
    @NotWhatYouThink  Рік тому +809

    So ... is *your* submarine big enough?

  • @mattwalker5689
    @mattwalker5689 Рік тому +1978

    I always love the Soviet approach of solving problems with a design by just making it bigger.

    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 Рік тому +139

      So luxurious that they have a swimming pool* with broken and missing tiles!
      Oh, and a sauna with mildew!
      -
      *Swimming pool about the size of three standard American bathtubs.

    • @sergeykuchkov2887
      @sergeykuchkov2887 Рік тому +99

      @@MonkeyJedi99 actually, i think it was not sauna, it was wet russian banya. And it was rather cold tub, not pool, to use after banya.

    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 Рік тому +8

      @@sergeykuchkov2887 I am relying only on the English translations of the documentaries I've seen about the sub(s?).
      Also, I am not fully versed in Russian/Soviet culture, and only a little bit conversant with Finnish culture, thanks to the paternal side of my family.

    • @JosephDawson1986
      @JosephDawson1986 Рік тому +19

      The typhoon wasn't much bigger than the Ohio class. It was 5 meters longer and 10 meters wider but both carried the same number, 20, of SLBM(Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles). It was bigger due to the double pressure hull design that allowed it to go twice as deep as an Ohio class, at least on paper.

    • @philsurtees
      @philsurtees Рік тому +6

      What is it that you love, the fact that both the Soviets and the Americans has the same way of solving problems?

  • @zakariyahalansori9267
    @zakariyahalansori9267 Рік тому +3373

    my submarine is very small. It can only bring 5 people to the bottom of the ocean using Logitech controller

    • @chatterboxmm2
      @chatterboxmm2 Рік тому +364

      You should check the titanic wreck with that thing

    • @beendanako
      @beendanako Рік тому +62

      Them: you killed the- you: NU UH

    • @pogsterplays
      @pogsterplays Рік тому +84

      Cool! Your company is GateOcean, right?

    • @NordicRest
      @NordicRest Рік тому +103

      Can it bring them back?

    • @EvilXtianity
      @EvilXtianity Рік тому +73

      That's not a submarine; it's a submersible.

  • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
    @Allan_aka_RocKITEman Рік тому +145

    At least one _Typhoon_ should become a museum.

    • @CoffeeAndPaul
      @CoffeeAndPaul 7 місяців тому +4

      I think, though I'm not sure, that you can see at least some of the interior of this gigantic machine either in or near Murmansk. I want to say I've seen people tour once recently, but I can't remember for sure.

    • @sumukhvmrsat6347
      @sumukhvmrsat6347 Місяць тому +1

      So.. ooo....... Above surface orr under water measeum

    • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
      @Allan_aka_RocKITEman Місяць тому

      @@sumukhvmrsat6347>>> Above, if possible.

  • @tylerakerfeldt7220
    @tylerakerfeldt7220 Рік тому +1057

    It’s insane that the operating life of the submarine is only as long as the life of the first munitions load

    • @vistakay
      @vistakay Рік тому +268

      I imagine if you fire all 20 missiles the port you'd return to wouldn't be there anymore

    • @skunkjobb
      @skunkjobb Рік тому +34

      It's not insane and it's not true.

    • @Waftey
      @Waftey Рік тому +57

      ​@@skunkjobbThey're talking about the operating life of a submarine SHOULD a nuclear war occur

    • @martenkahr3365
      @martenkahr3365 Рік тому +54

      @@vistakay They could have operated the sub itself longer, but there wasn't any point wasting money on it, since post-Soviet Russia had lost the ability to manufacture new missiles for it by the time the first set installed reached the end of their shelf life (mainly because of the solid fuel starting to go bad).

    • @halbouma6720
      @halbouma6720 Рік тому +52

      To be fair, if you're launching 20 nuclear missiles its unlikely you'll need to reload again.

  • @chheinrich8486
    @chheinrich8486 Рік тому +490

    I didnt knew a typhon was still in active service until the begin of this year, wow

    • @cookiqman
      @cookiqman Рік тому

      well, not anymore.

    • @andreybushev3020
      @andreybushev3020 Рік тому +36

      @@cookiqman Not any more but still "until the beginning of this year"

    • @moldypizza__
      @moldypizza__ Рік тому

      @@andreybushev3020nerd

    • @averageamerican8607
      @averageamerican8607 Рік тому +30

      "in service" was a very loosely used term for this boat for about the last 10 years.

    • @lqr824
      @lqr824 Рік тому +18

      With no missiles to fire I assume it was just officially on a list of active service ships but not doing much. At least it'd give crew working experience in taking care of a sub.

  • @ke6319
    @ke6319 Рік тому +450

    It's just sad to see an engineering miracle such as this go. This, the TU-95, and the Ekranoplan were wonderful things to look at

    • @krashd
      @krashd Рік тому

      Russia loved big.. world's biggest nuke, world's biggest sub, world's biggest helicopter, world's biggest hovercraft, world's biggest rocket (the N4 was larger than the Saturn V but was never successfully launched), basically they could never keep up with the west in achievements so they went all out on building prestige vehicles so they could say "Look what we built!" to their citizens.

    • @Coyote27981
      @Coyote27981 Рік тому

      Tu-95 is still there...
      After WW3, only thing left in the world will be cochroaches, Tu-95s and B-52s.

    • @mamotalemankoe3775
      @mamotalemankoe3775 Рік тому +25

      Looks like a movie prop with how big they are. Still can't believe they are actually real. Sad to see em go.

    • @absolutemattlad2701
      @absolutemattlad2701 Рік тому +12

      Agreed. I'd sell my soul to be able to visit and explore one of these for myself

    • @josephschultz3301
      @josephschultz3301 Рік тому +15

      As an American, I'm almost _obligated_ to sneer at some Soviet designs, but as an engineering fanboy, I too am sad to see some of these phenomenal machines go by the wayside. The crazy war machines perhaps just a bit less so, mostly due to the potential for mutual annihilation that they represented, but vehicles like the Kharkovchanka were always absolutely fascinating to me.
      Sure, the Soviets had a history of half-assing some of their designs (funding being the primary problem, especially after their war with Afghanistan), but like the aforementioned Kharkovchanka, there were some legitimate miracles of engineering too that definitely deserve the respect of nut-and-bolt enthusiasts everywhere.

  • @Mr.Manta5988
    @Mr.Manta5988 Рік тому +319

    The submarine videos are always the best! Sad that they only come up so rarely

    • @jamesgornall5731
      @jamesgornall5731 Рік тому +4

      So to speak!

    • @Deltamer
      @Deltamer Рік тому +22

      We "SEA" what u did there 😂😂😂😂

    • @MighoulEL
      @MighoulEL Рік тому +1

      Very interesting machines

    • @anonymous.nobody
      @anonymous.nobody Рік тому +4

      Looking for some more sub-par responses.😁

    • @sawer
      @sawer Рік тому

      Thats why i sub on every channel posting content like that!

  • @drsatyamupadhyay
    @drsatyamupadhyay Рік тому +81

    There is always something vague about Submarines that intrigues me, something eerily unsettling. Thats why I love submarines.

    • @coconutsmarties
      @coconutsmarties Рік тому +9

      Agree. All I wanted for my 7th birthday was to have a birthday party on a submarine. I'm still waiting..

    • @cjodyssey
      @cjodyssey 10 місяців тому

      Is it... the nuclear weapons?

  • @bradleon1926
    @bradleon1926 Рік тому +78

    the russian sailor giving water for his pet turtle was the best part of this video. 🐢

    • @Ewokforlife
      @Ewokforlife 5 місяців тому +5

      ya, that and the poster above it 😂

  • @Thomas-pq4ys
    @Thomas-pq4ys Рік тому +63

    Tatainium too.
    When Russia scrapped its first titanium sub, the price of titanium on the world market not only plummeted, it made this amazing metal more easily availble.... and thus, titanium bicycles.
    I've a friend who perfected welding titanium. He now has a business dedicated to doing just that... all because of Russian subs.
    In this vid, I was most impressed by... a smoking lounge...

    • @worldoftancraft
      @worldoftancraft Рік тому +2

      Now you can say thanks to the newly proclaimed warlords who separated the country of people therefore made the people to donate for your wellbeing, poor representative of Western civilization.

    • @kentonbenoit9629
      @kentonbenoit9629 Рік тому +3

      Gulag labour... glad Your happy and prefer cheap titanium but I personally prefer human happiness but that's just me. 😐

    • @worldoftancraft
      @worldoftancraft Рік тому

      @@kentonbenoit9629 another witness how lesser than 1.5. Per cent of population cam revolutionise the life of 100.
      Genius

    • @iplaygames8090
      @iplaygames8090 Рік тому

      @@kentonbenoit9629 yes, now go drive your self combusting tesla while scrolling reddit on your iphone 12 both of which have batteries made from cobalt mined by child slaves in kongo.

  • @oneroadgoodwalk
    @oneroadgoodwalk Рік тому +37

    this has consistently been one of the best military informational channels since covid. every video is a treat to watch

  • @georgeousthegorgeous
    @georgeousthegorgeous Рік тому +212

    Dmitry Donskoy was the first Russian Duke (of Moscow) to win a battle against Mongols in 1380. It weakened the Golden Horde enough for the Grand Duchy of Moscow to become an independent state and unite Russia by 1480.

    • @mkapaceb98
      @mkapaceb98 Рік тому +7

      The first win was in 1378. In 1380, this huge defeat actually strengthened Golden Horde, because very dangerous rival of true Khan of Golden Horde was removed from the scene, and it took only 2 years for Tokhtamysh to consolidate the power and, in partucular, to completely burn Moscow.

    • @ElonMuskTheOne
      @ElonMuskTheOne Рік тому +8

      *Moscovy, not Russian, don't Generalize. Moreover, only southern, central, Kievan Rus' were affected, but the nothern russia was free until moscow conqured it in 16th century.

    • @alexeyserov5709
      @alexeyserov5709 Рік тому +16

      @@ElonMuskTheOne You don't know what you are talking about. First of all Dmitry Donkoy was indeed Russian Grand Duke of Vladimir and in theory (very much in theory though) he had a claim to all of Medieval Russia (not to confuse with modern Russia) especially since head of all Russian Orthodox church from Lvov to Novgorod was permanent resident of Moscow by this point. Something like situation in 13th century France and counts of Ile De France. Now he really had power mostly in North Eastern Russia which was not "Muscovy". "Muscovy" in turn was rather short lived Western term for Russia (already modern version of it instead of Medieval) and for a state, not a region. And then at last Moscow consolidated its rule over Novgorod, Pskov and northern Russia by the end of 15th century.

    • @ElonMuskTheOne
      @ElonMuskTheOne Рік тому +4

      ​@@alexeyserov5709 ​ before accusing others, please learn history on your own first. Novgorod, which was a separate state, was not taken over until 1570. And please don't call massacre "consolidation."

    • @maxvolkov6127
      @maxvolkov6127 Рік тому

      Hope to see the day when that country has no more nukes and no more subs...rabbi bear needs to be put to sleep for good of the whole world.

  • @Wintersmith12
    @Wintersmith12 Рік тому +184

    "The safety of the personnel was a top priority" is not something I thought I'd ever hear about Soviet tech 😅 Soviet subs are so much cooler looking than US ones, even if the tech was always a bit behind.

    • @DajesOfficial
      @DajesOfficial Рік тому +29

      They are evil but not stupid. Submarine personnel is very expensive in terms of training and gaining experience so can't be as carelessly expended as regular soldiers

    • @Silverauren
      @Silverauren Рік тому +11

      ​​​@@DajesOfficialt's not like I care about you, but I need my man torres back on harbor."

    • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n
      @BariumCobaltNitrog3n Рік тому

      Because it isn't true. Two of the five deadliest submarine disasters are Russian with 119 souls at #1. Newly elected Putin refused help and his pride cost all the submerged their lives. The safety and welfare of Russian soldiers was and is the lowest priority.

    • @olisk-jy9rz
      @olisk-jy9rz Рік тому +41

      @@DajesOfficial They are neither evil nor stupid. If we want to watch at hard data, there's one country that takes the first place in sheer evilness today and it's not them. Not even close.

    • @DajesOfficial
      @DajesOfficial Рік тому +4

      @@olisk-jy9rz yeah sure not even close

  • @themercer4972
    @themercer4972 Рік тому +132

    I once read a good fiction about a rich guy who purchased a retired Typhoon and refit it to be a deep sea science vessel. Out with all the missile tubes and in with a helicopter and mini sub. Just as the book was getting a bit dull, having talked a lot about the refit, the zombie apocalypse happened.

    • @josueroberto7356
      @josueroberto7356 Рік тому +7

      Source?

    • @dongleseon8785
      @dongleseon8785 Рік тому +8

      But the missile tubes are not sealed. Sea water gets in there to equalize the pressure. Helicopter will have hard time in there.

    • @davidpawson7393
      @davidpawson7393 Рік тому +3

      Reading comprehension isn't your forte is it.

    • @brodriguez11000
      @brodriguez11000 Рік тому +5

      On a sub would be a good place to spend the apocalypse.

    • @eypxmwgovmifuon7808
      @eypxmwgovmifuon7808 Рік тому +1

      World War Z?

  • @Thekentuckyrebel
    @Thekentuckyrebel Рік тому +216

    Someone needs to buy that beast and add it to the US museum fleet. Be a shame if such an awesome piece of history was lost.

    • @josueroberto7356
      @josueroberto7356 Рік тому +17

      I was thinking the same. Should be a museum ship.

    • @POJOK_B_IIuPOJOK
      @POJOK_B_IIuPOJOK Рік тому +68

      As a citizen of the Russian Federation, this is one of the saddest and most truthful comments I have ever seen here.
      When I was on a business trip in St. Petersburg, during a tour of Krondshtat, the guide showed us empty gun rooms, where massive coastal guns once stood. And he gently hinted to us where they had gone... Maybe we are too stupid, or too poor, but when you see the same thing everywhere - that people are looting their past, it is very sad.

    • @skunkjobb
      @skunkjobb Рік тому +15

      @@POJOK_B_IIuPOJOK I have been fascinated by the Typhoon ever since I read about it in "Teknikens Värld" (World of technology) as a boy some time back in the 80s. I thought about driving to the Great Belt when Dmitrij Donskoy passed there a couple of years ago but I didn't do it so I never got the chance to see a Typhoon. Maybe if it's preserved as a museum and Russia starts behaving as a good neighbor, I could go and see it sometime in the future.

    • @justinyeo8458
      @justinyeo8458 Рік тому

      I'm amazed this was engineered and built decades back 😊

    • @theturnc0at
      @theturnc0at Рік тому +8

      @@POJOK_B_IIuPOJOKTruly sad to hear. I hope that whatever the future brings for Russia, a fight against corruption and a push for preserving the nation’s history should be among them.

  • @brandoncarter3042
    @brandoncarter3042 Рік тому +17

    Russia should totally turn the last Akula class into a museum.

  • @jan_phd
    @jan_phd Рік тому +111

    The I-400-class submarine I-401. The Sentoku type (潜特型, Special type submarine) (I-400-class) displaced 5,223 tons surfaced and measured 400 ft 3 in (122.00 m) overall. They had a figure-eight hull shape for additional strength to handle the on-deck hangar for housing the three Seiran aircraft.

    • @vovinio2012
      @vovinio2012 Рік тому +15

      Biggest submarine of pre-nuclear era. Was designed to bomb a Panama channel from Atlantic side!

    • @Adhjie
      @Adhjie Рік тому +1

      Imagine if us didnt detonated that and make them cruise missile sub at the start of cold wahr

  • @joebol2036
    @joebol2036 Рік тому +21

    20 missiles each capable of carrying at least 10 nuclear warheads that could independently target different cities in USA and Europe.

    • @cinqbuns
      @cinqbuns Рік тому

      its insane that in 2023 there are people living in this planet according to movies, games and in general the 50+ years old cold war propaganda from the us. the bad russians that want to conquer america. its like they prefer to ignore history and facts and stay in the movie scenarios.

  • @lawdpleasehelpmeno
    @lawdpleasehelpmeno Рік тому +13

    SSBNs are just beyond terrifying, what amazing weapons. The Typhoon class is fantastic.

    • @yakhooves
      @yakhooves Рік тому

      A giant tube under the sea with the power to say, “fuck you and the continent you rode in on.”

  • @jaimaabhawaniji
    @jaimaabhawaniji Рік тому +11

    3:26 man of culture even underwater 😏

  • @esleoangel4863
    @esleoangel4863 Рік тому +30

    As an American I'm quite sad he didn't measure the sub in terms of football field

    • @anselmosatanas9950
      @anselmosatanas9950 Рік тому +2

      In Spain it’s also the standard unit of measurement. In our case the soccer field.

    • @Константин-е5в6л
      @Константин-е5в6л 10 місяців тому +1

      А у вас талоны на гугл закончились или в школе геометрию не учили?

  • @motiahmed8972
    @motiahmed8972 Рік тому +3

    Can we take a minute to appreciate the amount of research it took to make this video! so much engaging military history!

  • @jakozaurpl
    @jakozaurpl Рік тому +219

    Big submarines could carry a lot of long range missiles, but they were too expensive to maintain and easily detectable.

    • @DocWolph
      @DocWolph Рік тому +8

      Size is not the issue.
      Referring to 7:16 - 8:25

    • @duquepp2078
      @duquepp2078 Рік тому +28

      Did you watch the video or just randomly commented anything to gain likes?

    • @crazycatrox70
      @crazycatrox70 Рік тому +7

      You clearly didnt watch the video

    • @cabriskus4700
      @cabriskus4700 Рік тому

      @@duquepp2078Nah he fs just watched 4 seconds and typed some information he read on Wikipedia

    • @rrai1999
      @rrai1999 Рік тому +3

      You didn't watch the video, and your comment is not true.

  • @Jason67mh
    @Jason67mh Рік тому +38

    That sub is more of a hotel than a deadly submarine

    • @subjectc7505
      @subjectc7505 Рік тому

      The soviets cared about crew morale and living. Plus it's not WW2 anymore, the only thing it'll be doing is surveillance and land attacks.

  • @7891ph
    @7891ph Рік тому +4

    Russia (as well as the former USSR) routinely dump nuclear reactors (many still fully fueled) in shallow water in a designated area off of the Kola peninsula. The two most spectacular ones are the original reactor from the K-19, the other was when they used high explosives to cut the entire reactor compartment out of one of their ice breakers, although in that case it appears that the reactor wasn't the issue, it's was some form of lack of training of the crew that lead to the compartment being so irradiated that they couldn't decontaminate it. So they dropped it out of the bottom of the ship and built a new one for it.

  • @zsshamalama
    @zsshamalama Рік тому +34

    Do Russians have museum ships? They need to preserve at least one Typhoon submarine for that.

    • @SroedingerCat
      @SroedingerCat Рік тому +20

      We don't have much of a sea to put them, that's the first.
      And secondly we hate old things. Old buildings, old towns, old everything-we hatethem.
      We don't need any history beyond the one written in school books.
      At least so it seems when you live here.

    • @thingamabob3902
      @thingamabob3902 Рік тому +2

      all of them are ^^

    • @xenuno
      @xenuno Рік тому +1

      @@SroedingerCat Watched or read something on the softening viewpoint of Stalin as the brutal dictator that he was. Could this moving the date russian history starts as you say be the key?

    • @KekusMagnus
      @KekusMagnus Рік тому +1

      @@SroedingerCat You hate "old things" because they remind you of a time Russia wasn't a shithole , but then Gorbachov happened =)

    • @worldoftancraft
      @worldoftancraft Рік тому

      ​@@KekusMagnusliberti 'nc fridom.

  • @Kiyoone
    @Kiyoone Рік тому +4

    Love your videos man. Great content.

  • @Palvader
    @Palvader Рік тому +1

    Great video! I appreciate your keeping it clean. It's something I can watch with the family listening.

  • @danieldupree1682
    @danieldupree1682 Рік тому +10

    I've been obsessed with Submarines this week and your videos are awesome!

  • @jeremysmith7176
    @jeremysmith7176 Рік тому +27

    7:12 double checked Wikipedia. The Typhoon submarines started in 1976. The P-8 Poseidon was started in 2009.
    You probably meant the P-3 Orion.

    • @rx6588
      @rx6588 Рік тому +1

      Yeah the footage seemed new.

    • @NotWhatYouThink
      @NotWhatYouThink  Рік тому +20

      just to clarify, the time continuum was thrown a bit out of whack, as we removed some sentences from when we talk about tracking submarines. That section of the video was explaining how submarines are tracked "currently". We did make the mistake of saying "operated" instead of "operates", which added to the confusion. Hope this clears the confusion! Thanks for pointing this out!

  • @imranzakhaev8019
    @imranzakhaev8019 Рік тому +4

    They should put at least one of the remaining Typhoon class submarines in a museum.

    • @Gerald-i7j9i
      @Gerald-i7j9i Рік тому

      yeah ,,to show the soviets capability during the COLD WAR with the United states

  • @LeisuresuitAndy
    @LeisuresuitAndy Рік тому +4

    Wanted to see the biggest Submarine. Stayed and watched the whole video because it was VERY good. Thank you for sharing.

  • @meneermankepoot
    @meneermankepoot Рік тому +8

    Bro "not what you think" 3:32 💀

  • @Bricknut34
    @Bricknut34 Рік тому

    The submarine videos are better then the casual videos!

  • @АлександрГаллард

    I saw these submarines. Best regards from Severodvinsk, where they were built :)
    Yes, I'm russian.

  • @eypxmwgovmifuon7808
    @eypxmwgovmifuon7808 Рік тому

    Thank you for listing the music you used in the description! Hugely appreciated 😁

  • @dheibeljr
    @dheibeljr Рік тому +5

    That is so cool, what I wouldn't do to be able to tour one of those subs, hell even just them amenities sections, a sub with a pool and sauna and all that? That is just too cool. It sounds like something I would want to put in my own subs. Wish some billionaire oligarch would buy one of these and turn it into a luxury submarine that would be cool.

  • @billy1673
    @billy1673 Рік тому +1

    It’s amazing how accurate the mock up sub was in “Hunt For Red October”!

  • @104kenneth
    @104kenneth Рік тому +9

    4:07 so, 5 sailors managed to get to the surface from the kursk? 🤔

    • @robf8349
      @robf8349 Рік тому +7

      No that was from the other incident he mentioned on the Komsomolets

    • @iplaygames8090
      @iplaygames8090 Рік тому +2

      no, kursk crew didnt manage to get to the pods because the area they were in got destroyed during a torpedo detonation. Komsomolets managed to evacuate 5 in one of the pods but water got in when they opened it on the surface.

  • @RISCy27
    @RISCy27 Рік тому +1

    The use of the "not what you think" logo has never been this good before. 😂😂🤣

  • @vgbondarev
    @vgbondarev Рік тому +6

    Thanks for doing this video. My father was Commander of TK-17 for quite a while. The space in between the hulls were part of the ballast system, which meant the missile space was wet. This was good if there was ever a situation where the missiles caught fire. The bright side of the decommissioning is that one of the Akulas will most likely become a museum ship!
    I spent a good portion of my formative years watching these subs and other SSBNs go in and out of Polyarny. My mother and I were allowed on board TK-17 while she was in port a few times, these boats are very well equipped. It's funny you mention Kursk, I was 14 when that happened and my father was partaking in that exercise in the Barents. I don't talk to him much anymore, but he never spoke of the incident.
    I don't miss Murmansk though, fuck that place.

  • @alexfischer7554
    @alexfischer7554 Рік тому +2

    An underwater, even under-ice cosmodrome with 20 launch pads. The Soviet Union did not deny itself anything. These are great times for explorers.

  • @mrxmry3264
    @mrxmry3264 Рік тому +5

    reminds me of hunt for red october. that was a typhoon, wasn't it?

  • @theophanesantoniou8539
    @theophanesantoniou8539 Рік тому +2

    not only the largest and deadliest submarine ever but also the most beautiful one

  • @dominicm2175
    @dominicm2175 Рік тому +7

    Would love to see one of these technological wonders in a museum

  • @maxamps45
    @maxamps45 Рік тому +2

    3:32 is definitely what I think

  • @GabrielTobing
    @GabrielTobing Рік тому +3

    The bigger the submarine, the more spare logitech controllers we can fit in

  • @markotrieste
    @markotrieste Рік тому +1

    I don't understand how the missile tubes are connected to the two main pressure hulls. Are they inside the pressure hulls or between them? If so, are they subjected to external water pressure?

  • @strategicgamingwithaacorns2874

    For a certain generation, the Typhoon class will always be synonymous with the Red October.
    Engage the silent drive!

  • @douro20
    @douro20 Рік тому +1

    The Dmitry Donskoy is going to be scrapped. They should have made it into a museum. The other two were also scrapped.

  • @Jsterman23
    @Jsterman23 Рік тому +8

    The name of the Akula class is pronounced a-KU-la, not A-ku-la. In Russian it's spelled акула. And Belgorod is pronounced Bel-go-rod, not bel-Go-rod.

    • @jebes909090
      @jebes909090 Рік тому

      maybe russians should learn the American alphabet communist!

    • @worldoftancraft
      @worldoftancraft Рік тому

      And Russian Йй is JJ not Yet, we aren't romance.

  • @cathoderay305
    @cathoderay305 Рік тому +18

    6:30 - That's no joke. I did service at sea from 1992-1996. We had maps showing the location of every Russian, Chinese, and other foreign navy's ships and submarines updated every day. During transit to Australia, they posted them to show the Belleau Wood's location every day and it included a lot of other named ships and submarines.

    • @krashd
      @krashd Рік тому +1

      You never knew the location of British subs, our pump jets made them next to silent, so much so that the USN licensed the tech to install on their own subs.

    • @cathoderay305
      @cathoderay305 Рік тому +2

      @@krashd Actually, we did. We also had contact reports for the Los Angeles class. I think much of the data came from underwater listening devices and geosynchronous satellites, because we certainly didn't have that capability as a stand-alone on the two ships that I served aboard.

    • @X-jn87ybt
      @X-jn87ybt Рік тому

      So does the Russians. You are not the only major powers in this world.

    • @cathoderay305
      @cathoderay305 Рік тому

      @@X-jn87ybt That's entirely possible.

  • @OfficialVillagerTranslator
    @OfficialVillagerTranslator Рік тому

    nice content man! keep the good work up

  • @twoheadlines
    @twoheadlines Рік тому +13

    Interesting! The Typhoon's are certainly impressive in the size. Its a shame they seem to have only been actively deployed in/under the Artic, as that would seem to make it much harder for the US Navy Poseidon's to get a good handle on them regardless of their apparently louder acoustic signature, (under the ice or not) especially as these aircraft have only been on active duty since around April 2019 and perhaps only until recently been attached to the 6th Fleet, which operates out of the Mediterranean Sea. Most of all though, all but one of the Typhoon class were scrapped well before 2019. Has there been good, honest information presented in this YT doc'?

    • @an_f-14_tomcat
      @an_f-14_tomcat Рік тому +2

      P-3 Orion does the same thing, albeit a little lower tech, since 1962. So... same role, different aircraft. Doesn't matter much.

    • @kentonbenoit9629
      @kentonbenoit9629 Рік тому

      You a communist!?! 😠

  • @SeverityOne
    @SeverityOne Рік тому +2

    Russians building big things is a bit of a theme. It reminds me of a (very) old Sony commercial, where their new Video 8 system (I told you it was old) is presented to the UN General Assembly as the new world standard, because it's much smaller. The Russians protest: "Nyet! Russian video big!" and they have this truly enormous VCR with them. But they entire assembly gets up and applauds Sony's new system, while the Russians walk off, cursing.

  • @SoloRenegade
    @SoloRenegade Рік тому +3

    The US didn't operate a SINGLE P-8 Poseidon when the Typhoon was developed.

    • @NotWhatYouThink
      @NotWhatYouThink  Рік тому +4

      Correct. We clarified that in an earlier comment. It was meant to say the P-8s are currently in use, not back then.

    • @SoloRenegade
      @SoloRenegade Рік тому +1

      @@NotWhatYouThink would have been better to just talk about the P-3 Orion in the video. avoid any confusion.
      I love the P-8 though. Just wasn't the right aircraft for this topic.

  • @grandlotus1
    @grandlotus1 Рік тому

    Very professional. Very informative.

  • @zinj2618
    @zinj2618 Рік тому +6

    1:27 You may think you're cool but you'll never be as cool as a Russian soldier holding an assault rifle on the deck of a Typhoon class submarine.

    • @SnifferSock
      @SnifferSock Рік тому

      That's pretty freaking cool.

    • @2005batman
      @2005batman Рік тому

      He’s technically a sailor, not a soldier

    • @worldoftancraft
      @worldoftancraft Рік тому

      ​@@2005batmanmorâk. He's morâk. Staršij or jíst ordinary matros

  • @matchesburn
    @matchesburn Рік тому +2

    "We need to fit 24 of our largest SLBMs possible on our nuclear submarines to counter the American Ohio-class submarine that has 24 missiles."
    "We can't fit 24 missiles on our subs. Our missile tech isn't as good, they're larger. They'd never fit."
    "...So we'll just build a sub with twice the displacement of the American Ohio-class!"
    Yeah. That's definitely Soviet thinking. That checks out.

  • @vandasaragosa
    @vandasaragosa Рік тому +2

    Isn't k329 Belgorod is the biggest currently operated? Like 11 meter longer if I'm not wrong

  • @kingsleyzissou5881
    @kingsleyzissou5881 Рік тому

    You do amazing work. Please keep it up.

  • @scottsmith4315
    @scottsmith4315 Рік тому +4

    Love your channel for a long time. Always happy when you drop a new one. So professionally mastered and I love your humor. It matches mine perfectly. Thanks for all your work. Just found out you live in Canada. I live just a couple hours south of BC but I lived in Southbank BC for a couple years with my grandma so my grandpa could go dredge for gold in AK. No power. No running water. Outhouse we had to tunnel to every winter because snow was even with the peak of the house. Best time of my life. If you didn’t catch it, kill it, trap it, or grow it, you weren’t eating.

    • @NotWhatYouThink
      @NotWhatYouThink  Рік тому +2

      Thanks very much. We are based out of Ontario and PEI.
      BC is beautiful, I have travelled a few times, but not to such remote areas!

  • @zounds010
    @zounds010 Рік тому

    Interesting video, I never thought I'd be able to see video of Soviet submarine missile launches.

  • @jamesgornall5731
    @jamesgornall5731 Рік тому +3

    The Red Oktober itself, so comfy

  • @Ginny.galaxy
    @Ginny.galaxy Рік тому +1

    7:00 sometime UA-camr making mistake for take down USSR and Russian like this video :) FACT: NATO always use full Fleet for tracking Soviet submarine after 1 ship go out Northern Fleet base. They very very scare lost tracking them in cool war

  • @Trainboy1EJR
    @Trainboy1EJR Рік тому +15

    Aww, that’s sad, the Typhoon/Akula is such an iconic design! Would have been nice to keep it in service along with the Iowa Class battleships.

  • @BaileeCollins-h5f
    @BaileeCollins-h5f Рік тому

    I've been obsessed with Submarines this week and your videos are awesome!. So ... is your submarine big enough?.

  • @williamtell5365
    @williamtell5365 Рік тому +3

    The most important characteristic of submarines is stealth. Russian subs have the stealth of a freight engine.

  • @Karol11341
    @Karol11341 Рік тому

    3:33 love that "not what you think" 😂😂😂

  • @jh6031
    @jh6031 Рік тому +3

    That was an interesting segment. I’ve watched other channels focus on this class of submarine, but this episode introduced a bunch of information that was new to me. Well done, as always.

  • @mitchspurlock3626
    @mitchspurlock3626 Рік тому +1

    Brings up the differences in military cultures. Since Russian service was more compulsory, the reward for their difficult submarine service was an attempt to make the living conditions more luxurious. As for Americans we made the food and pay better.

    • @chriswattie3392
      @chriswattie3392 Рік тому

      Ballistic submarines have more comfort because the crews are at sea longer. It's the same for the Ohio class.

  • @hanswurst6712
    @hanswurst6712 Рік тому +5

    Why u didnt mention the magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system?
    It was some sort of caterpillar drive which made the submarine super silent.
    I once saw a documentary about how the americans where able to capture one of those subs. I think that documentary was called "Hunt for Red October" or so.

  • @JDogVids
    @JDogVids Рік тому

    I love your submarine videos brother! Well i love all of your videos of the submarine ones just stick out for some reason is what i meant to say

  • @josephschultz3301
    @josephschultz3301 Рік тому +4

    I know it's kind of laughable how big this monster was and that it was built that way specifically due to ballistic missile oversize issues, but still... I can't help but be impressed by this stupidly huge submarine

  • @1ron0xide
    @1ron0xide Рік тому +1

    I burst out laughing when they called it a "Floating Hilton" while showing those guys all cramped up in a shoebox-sized lounge area

  • @hansboet954
    @hansboet954 Рік тому +3

    4 out of 5 that escaped died of hypothermia. So what happened to the sole survivor? It has always been said that the whole crew of the Kursk died. He could have explained what happened.

  • @TheDonwel
    @TheDonwel Рік тому

    I hope they keep at least one of these as a floating museum or something similar. Seems a shame to let a marvel of engineering like this be broken down for materials.

  • @RobertWilliams-mk8pl
    @RobertWilliams-mk8pl Рік тому +7

    I've always had the thought to turn at least one of those Typhoon Class subs into a night club. Swords into pruning shears.

  • @DIDYOUSEETHAT172
    @DIDYOUSEETHAT172 Рік тому

    0:09 Ah yes the fabled "Water carrier!" LMAO. My friend its exactly what I think. But I do enjoy the effort and detail in your videos.

  • @faked8586
    @faked8586 Рік тому +5

    sucks that they didnt build a museum for it to preserve history, that wouldve been awesome

  • @petkokrushev3840
    @petkokrushev3840 Рік тому

    I hope at least one of the submarines will be a museum

  • @lqr824
    @lqr824 Рік тому +3

    What's long and hard and full of seamen?

  • @alexsnell8177
    @alexsnell8177 Місяць тому

    How old is this video? That tv in the “game room” was a crt, maybe vacuum tube still?

  • @indridcold8433
    @indridcold8433 Рік тому +3

    They are, "going to need a bigger boat."

  • @steffen1182
    @steffen1182 Рік тому

    Thanks for metric overlay. ❤

  • @NickJaime
    @NickJaime Рік тому +3

    Lol, they had all the space they needed and still made the missiles bigger than the Dam sub. The Soviets have it good enough down pat because that's all their stuff turns out to be good enough lol.

  • @JK-gw1yf
    @JK-gw1yf Рік тому +1

    Russians have always building the best subs and planes in my humble opinion.

  • @blacky6469
    @blacky6469 Рік тому +19

    that "ohio submarine" really got me😂

    • @arlynmp6735
      @arlynmp6735 Рік тому +2

      but ohio isnt a funny meme

    • @GaniM2018DeviantArt
      @GaniM2018DeviantArt Рік тому +2

      That's true and that meme is dead

    • @rikofebri627
      @rikofebri627 Рік тому +2

      Okaeri

    • @firstletterofthealphabet7308
      @firstletterofthealphabet7308 Рік тому

      Yeah, State of Ohio was in queue for the next name for a navy ship when the class was built. By Western convention, first ship of the class names the class.

    • @firstcynic92
      @firstcynic92 Рік тому +1

      In 2002-2006 several Ohio class subs, including USS Ohio itself, were converted to carry 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles each. Those could have 200kt nukes as their warheads.

  • @user-ho1yn6ms7y
    @user-ho1yn6ms7y Рік тому

    @7:05, the P8 was not operational during the Cold War. It is effectively a 737NG, and didn’t launch u til the early 2000’s.

  • @Kawka1122
    @Kawka1122 Рік тому +3

    IT IS AVERAGE SIZE CYLINDER!
    stop complaining

  • @cuba3433
    @cuba3433 Рік тому +1

    My friend i I have One question in spanish to see and correct?
    Si USA tiene un telescopio en el espacio llamado James webb para ver las galaxias entonces con este telescope usted puedes ver este submarino por su tamaño tan grande ?.

  • @me_souljah
    @me_souljah Рік тому +4

    I love the soviet engineering, crazy moonshot ideas

  • @CosmicAggressor
    @CosmicAggressor Рік тому +1

    Damn. This is some neat context for hunt for red october.

  • @levd4685
    @levd4685 Рік тому +3

    Akula is pronounced "A-koo-la" with an accent on the middle syllable...

  • @bassheardproductions
    @bassheardproductions Рік тому

    3:25 A man of culture I see.

  • @sorinkoos9995
    @sorinkoos9995 Рік тому +4

    The bigger it is the deeper it goes.

    • @whirledpeaz5758
      @whirledpeaz5758 Рік тому

      So she says

    • @Cooltech06
      @Cooltech06 Рік тому

      As a wise man once responded to this:
      "That's what she said..."

  • @douro20
    @douro20 Рік тому

    The Belgorod was originally designed to be a ballistic missile submarine but when construction resumed after nearly a decade of sitting in dry dock it was reconfigured to carry mini-submersibles.

  • @yeetin_yeti69
    @yeetin_yeti69 Рік тому +6

    Russia just has this urge to make giant things

  • @District4Studios
    @District4Studios Рік тому +1

    Can we get a Biggest Aircraft Carrier and Biggest Destroyer and Biggest Cruiser and Biggest Frigate video? There should be a ‘Biggest __’ playlist