Typhoon SSBN Sub Brief

[@oldtimer4791]

"Give me a ping, Vashilly. One ping only, pleashe."

[@goobfilmcast4239]

...vashilly....

[@ThaGoblin]

one ping only pleashe.

[@Gilbertmk2]

The Hunt for Red October is what got me interested in subs and stuff. Every time I see a Typhoon, I think of that movie.

[@Full_Otto_Bismarck]

My grandpa was a submariner, and as a kid I would sit and watch that movie with him and he would tell me his Navy stories. Miss him dearly.

[@TheDM3002XTuber]

They should have renamed it! 😂

[@SubVet84]

It’s why I became a submariner, and Petty Officer Jones made me want to be a Sonar Technician, like Sub Brief was. I am very fortunate that I was able to be a Sonar Tech and Supervisor on Fast Attack submarines! The hunt for Red October is still my favorite sub movie, even if some others manage to be more accurate.

[@Kuzitube]

You should read the book, it’s even better imo

[@SubVet84]

@@Kuzitube agreed, I read all of Tom Clancy’s books, but am always partial to the Ryan series. I even read the new ones that have his name on them, even though he passed over 10 years ago now.

[@alexanderleach3365]

'How many Typhoons do we have in the computer?' 'Six, sir.' 'Okay. We'll call this guy Typhoon-7. Let's get a tape on him. I'll see if we can get a little closer.'

[@tomwilson1006]

“ENGAGE CATERPILLAR DRIVE!”

[@alexanderleach3365]

'CATERPILLAR ENGAGING!'

[@qwill8254]

Actually the something close to it ... The pumps in reactors had the same frequency @ dead slow speeds so it was near impossible to detect it .

[@taras3702]

We sail into history!

[@alexanderleach3365]

@@taras3702 Caterpillar engaging!

[@gowdyjames]

Some trivia: The main designer for Rubin, who was in charge during the Delta, Typhoon and Oscar development - Igor Spassky - died just a few days ago - 3rd Sept 2024.

[@alexanderleach3365]

That sub was equipped with a sauna, pool, a lounge and a gym.

[@charlie15627]

The death of a truly gifted designer. He won't be forgotten any time soon. At least, not in Russia.

[@qwill8254]

RIP

[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

​@@alexanderleach3365 I'm sure the Russians had a lot of fun in the sauna while under the arctic ice.

[@scroopynooperz9051]

Requiescat In Pace to a submarine design titan. Take it easy Igor - you deserve the rest

[@piotrd.4850]

Fun fact: original design has been SIGNIFICANTLY SCALED DOWN to fit existing on-shore infrastructure.

[@ryssa2409]

there was a petition to put the last one on display in park patriot museum, shame it didn't go through, legendary sub

[@A_Haunted_Pancake]

The one by Moscow? I can see why. This thing needs about double the water depth you get in the river or canal.

[@alexeyvlasenko6622]

If any modern submarine should have been turned into a museum ship, this is the one.

[@operation4wheelz]

@@alexeyvlasenko6622 the reactors make it overly complicated. That’s why hardly any nuclear vessels are museum ships

[@GrahamCStrouse]

@@operation4wheelzTrue dat. Pretty sure the Nautilus is a museum ship, though, isn’t it?

[@operation4wheelz]

@@GrahamCStrouse it might be. I know it’s just a massive issue converting them to a museum.

[@MatthewSobotka]

They actually did build seven of them. One of them was lost at sea. Its name with the Red October. It was commanded by a Russian with a Scottish accent.

[@darylmorning]

Actually, he was Lithuanian by birth.

[@diogocatalano9557]

@@darylmorning He was a former British secret agent.

[@Senor0Droolcup]

Briefing on the Typhoon: what Sub Brief was made for, in the eyes of landlubbers like me. "Yeah, I know all about submarines: I rode them for years at Disneyland!" ;). Thanks for this, looking forward to it.

[@Paltse]

Many submarines have gone to Disneyland with their parents in their youth. Then they became marines and went to the real Disneyland without their parents. Many of them became overmarines. Others have stayed marines ever since. Even some mafia guys sleep with the fishes.

[@RogerRamjet156]

Road? That's called a street. Rode is what you do when you have ridden a bike or a sub

[@Paltse]

@@RogerRamjet156 Or one coud ride a ride. Saw saw saw salsa.

[@LiteralH2O]

Joined the NAVY partly because this channel made me very interested in sonar. Finished bootcamp and now im in school. Thank you for what you do brother!

[@operation4wheelz]

Where’s the magneto hydrodynamic propulsion?

[@keithdrewv1161]

I gotta check with a guy, his name is "Skip", you know em'?

[@operation4wheelz]

@@keithdrewv1161 yeah… sub driver. He was, lost his leg in an accident.

[@lycossurfer8851]

Photos shop to edit out the good stuff.

[@keithdrewv1161]

@@operation4wheelz could you fire an ICBM horizontally?

[@taras3702]

​@@keithdrewv1161Sure, why would you want to?

[@100Kakdela]

No mention of the recreational area and an actual pool on board of the sub? Seems like an oversight.

[@bikenavbm1229]

it was'nt really a recreational pool it was a special operation war gaming centre

[@GrahamCStrouse]

I’ve feel like a Typhoon-class boomer would make an awesome mobile lair for a supervillain. I kinda want one, too…

[@shinkicker404]

Ya really!

[@tfa8]

small correction, the submerged displacement was 48,000 tonnes not just 26,500 like you said on 1:42

[@matt79de]

Holy Hell, Aaron. You just made me very happy. One of my favorite subs... Thanks, man.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Wasn't the Kursk a Typhoon class submarine???? LOL

[@matt79de]

@@gregorylyon1004 Sure. But as with any sub: The elements are out there trying to get You. And the Kursk was most likely sunk by some stupid decision (although we'll probably never know for sure). The thing is still a legendary sub.

[@torlekjpec5708]

​@@gregorylyon1004no

[@torlekjpec5708]

Kursk is Oscar II SSGN

[@bobsemple9341]

Laughing at peoples deaths? Yeah you're 100% American. ​@@gregorylyon1004

[@Papasmag]

This submarine displaced approximately the same amount of water as the WW2 Aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV-5. That is an absolutely massive submarine.

[@ChancesRowe-g5k]

Babe wake up a new sub brief just dropped

[@smoofbrain]

I'm confused, didn't he already do a video on the Typhoon? Edit: nvm, got it clarified in another comment. (He did. Some new info added, and some removed, in this one)

[@vaderdudenator1]

I never appreciated how giant they were as a kid. Absolutely monsters.

[@NikovK]

I guess they always ran their radar on the surface because it took 20 minutes to dive. I'd like to have time to pull the Strela out and get my life jacket on too.

[@PopCultureCat]

For anyone cracking Red October joke trying for a quick laugh: Well, you should be. Personally, I'd give you one chance in three.

[@DarkSygil666]

I saw what you did there. 😁

[@tonywilson4713]

FUN FACT: the Hiroshima bomb "Little Boy" was 15Kt (kilotons) so each of these Russian warheads is 6-10 times more bang and there's 10 warheads per ICBM making each ICBM 60-100 times more bang than the solitary B-29 that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. AND these subs carried 20 of them. AND the Ohio class has similar numbers.

[@GrahamCStrouse]

The Ohios were designed with 24 tubes. Each missile has 8 MIRVs.

[@tonywilson4713]

@@GrahamCStrouse I did say it has similar numbers. Plus the Virginias with the VPM can either have 4 Tridents with 8 MIRVS each or a 28 tomhawks each with a warhead each plus how many tomahawks they choose to launch out the torpedo tubes or the VLS system. Yeah I know the tomahawks were restricted under one of the treaties but the Russians tore that treaty up. I once calculated what the potential kilotons of an Ohio compared to Hiroshima and the number was truly scary. It then gets even more scary when you consider how many Ohio-class are out there and then whatever the Virginias carry. I don't think people actually realise the true potential of destruction of these systems.

[@nikola7375]

@@tonywilson4713 so when and how the Russians Thore that treaty

[@Natobot9000]

Thank for a wonderful brief! The hunt for red October was my favorite movie growing up in the 80s and 90s!!

[@melissasmith5109]

Con sonar crazy Ivan

[@guuguu74]

I remember seeing this proposed schematic of Project 941 submarines turned to transport submarines... Was probably done by Rubin Design Bureau. Funny note, I have seen on YT several videos, where they speak of Akula class, they usually mean Proj. 971 aka Nato codename Alfa, but have multiple pictures of Proj. 941 Akula aka Nato codename Typhoon there instead. Nice video this one, also if check older satellite picture/ Google maps of area near that Shipyard, there are multiple Typhoons parked, one was seen as unloading those missiles.🥸😎🤓🤔

[@schr75]

Project 971 is called Akula by NATO. The Alfa class was the Project 705 Lira.

[@_sneer_]

@@schr75 971 "Akula" is called Shchuka in Russia, which means "Pike". 941 "Typhoon" is actually "Akula" in Russia. NATO's misinformation at it's best LOL

[@schr75]

@@_sneer_ I know that. I corrected the comment that NATO called Pr971 Alfa. That is Pr705. Besides. The Shchuka is the Pr 671, or NATO Victor 3 class. Pr971 is called Shchuka-B. There is no NATO misinformation, simply two different naming systems for the same subs. "LOL" 🙄

[@_sneer_]

@@schr75 you must be fun at parties. That "LOL" was used to hint a joke. How did you not get that?

[@schr75]

@@_sneer_ In order to get a joke, it have to be at least marginally funny. You are just trying to cover the fact that you were mistaken instead of just owning up to it.

[@MyDarkMe]

About 5:05 and stowable forward hydroplanes. I know I am getting really technically here. But the soviet navy did indeed have boats with stowable forward hydroplanes before the USN did, because of the german type XXI, they operated right after the war. And even you you want to talk about soviet designed boats only, the Whisky class (as is to be expected for a XXI developed boat) had them as well as son as ´49. Thats of course only if you ignore the flat-to-the-hull-folding planes.

[@Full_Otto_Bismarck]

25 knots downhill 😂

[@ElectroAtletico]

In the late 80's we used to joke in Wardrooms that the USN sub captain that ever sank that would get an immediate Navy Cross

[@JimmysSpeedShop]

Right full rudder! All back starboard shaft!

[@RimfireAddicted70]

This channel has the besyt most comprehensive break down of subs and ships there is. Great work, very thorough!

[@ИгорьЦибизов-в4ф]

Thanks for renew about Akula sub!! Great like always!

[@TRS-Tech]

Royal Navy Sigint retired here.. thanks for the video, some of those stats were a little conservative from what I remember. It was a very impressive boat tor sure, just a shame it could sound like a food mixer sometimes 😂 Just found your channel and will most certainly subscribe 👍

[@SilverHaze5X]

As a Clancy fan, I was waiting for that one !! Btw Aaron, did you managed to get your hands on a *Sea Power* copy for review ?

[@paulroustan3643]

I wonder why Aaron didn’t get on the short list first the Beta release?? I guess there must be history behind it.

[@freedog632]

That looks like a giant pontoon boat wrapped in a submarine.

[@richardmayes8797]

OMG i thought the beginning of Red October was the most beautiful thing ever as an impressionable young teenager. Old navy military duty, this enormous submarine, Sean Connery & Sam Neill, stirring choral music... It wasnt until much MUCH later and many re-watches that I realized Red October was obviously being towed at 0.4kts by that litle fleet of sh1tty old fishing boats that were nearly as big as she was. But even with that realization I am still 200% there for all of that. It's time, Kapitan 🥹

[@WilliamSperber]

Keep it up, man. I love your videos they are super informative and easily digestavle for people. Thanks, man. Love from West Virginia ❤️

[@bossdog1480]

Very well thought out as usual.

[@ReaganTalijancich]

Hey Jive this channel has grown so much in the last 5 years, good work .awesome man

[@beefgoat80]

"Vasily, please stop stroking the warhead." "Don't worry, it won't explode." "That's what they always say."

[@soonerfrac4611]

In regards to the MANPAD, I’ve always thought that the German IDAS and longer range systems need to be integrated our subs. It’s my opinion that even a decoy coupled with an air to air missile could certainly help elude the helos.

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

I am having a bit of a deja-vu with this one... Feels like I have seen a sub-brief from you on this one before. Is this a re-upload?

[@ragsy887]

Yes. I think he has had to remove some parts.

[@davidarich2]

This one’s updated since it’s mentioning the Donskoy being decommed last year, but it is using some of the old brief slides but with new audio. There’s new info added and few things removed compared to the OG brief.

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

@@davidarich2 i see. Thank you

[@Jim-ic2of]

Another professional and entertaining presentation ! 😊

[@DRP3ck3r]

Pretty sure the strela-3 was also graze fused. Also I wish you would have commented on the passive cooling for the reactors.

[@alexandertoshich765]

Awesome! Thanks AAron!

[@MrGoesBoom]

I know bigger isn't always better, but just the sheer size and look of these beasts always impressed me

[@edkrach8891]

All are decommissioned. Some have been scrapped, others are waiting their turn.

[@alexanderleach3365]

Two are reported in reserves.

[@budwhite9591]

@@alexanderleach3365to be museums i bel

[@krz8888888]

That sub is really special

[@Syndr1]

Hi Aaron, i had to Hunt for this video in October. I was quite Red in the face for the notifications not working.

[@Zorbatron]

Been waiting for this one. Friggin iconic.

[@bendafyddgillard]

pleased to hear credit where credit is due for this iconic machine. It must have been something to see. Pleased also that they never used their main weapon in anger. I hope we can say the same for every SSBN class.

[@ericm0612]

Where's the magneto-hydrodynamic drive?

[@pomicultorul]

thank you for your work!

[@dougmacnr1]

Aaron do you have a brief on the Singapore Invincible Class Diesel/ AIP boats that are replacing the Challenger and Archer Diesel Electric boats? I believe they are German made to Singaporean Specifications using features of the Type 214 and 212 with a fuel cell AIP. Particularly interested to see if they have fitted the RESUS system of emergency ballast blow! Cheers, Love your work!

[@randbarrett8706]

USSR/Russia always been convinced that troops from the west were going to come marching east… which I guess did happen a couple of times

[@thevictoryoverhimself7298]

You forgot to mention that one experimental one with the magnetic drive that was so quiet it could park a couple hundred nukes off the coast of Washington and no one would know anything about it until it was all over

[@gerritf384]

Glad to see this one again.

[@patrickspeers2341]

400kg warhead, not 2000kg

[@anthonylowder6687]

If the missile tubes are surrounded by water how do they do maintenance?

[@AmorosoGombe]

Yes, I remember there being an Akula attack sub with the tailplane-based sonar saw would always get confused when people called the Typhoon an Akula.

[@Kenny1594]

You didn't mention the pool?

[@bigsarge2085]

One ping only. I've always been fascinated by this monster design! Lay-person question; could you mitigate the danger from wake-homing torpedoes by ceasing to move through the water, or does it also have other detection capabilites?

[@richdurbin6146]

If you stop your wake leads up to your stopped ship. The tactic we were told in the mid 90s was to make a looping turn to cross your own wake and leave a non-directional “knuckle” in the water in hopes of confusing the wake homing.

[@bestestusername]

The best part of this is that he actually encountered these in the cold war

[@9northvoiceover-zp5tm]

What about the pool?!?

[@spencereagle1118]

More a hot tub than a pool.

[@Arsenic71]

Really interesting sub brief, thanks a lot!!

[@ArghIsThisHandleTaken]

Whats the most realistic submarine movie, and why is it Down Periscope?

[@antonmann3163]

Another great video thanks mate

[@comentedonakeyboard]

3:14 offense is the best defense

[@yahaaa1343]

It's a good vid when you're hyped about the ship. And what incredible ship it is.

[@mordentus]

The nickname was "Водовоз", "Water Carrier"

[@michaelbarfield528]

A " BIG BLEEPIN' " Boat...nuff said!

[@gregorylyon1004]

The Soviets never called that submarine a Typhoon class submarine. It's a type 941

[@jamesgornall5731]

What a beautiful submarine

[@merlin3671]

bigger than a regular typhoon.... what are these doors?

[@mbmann3892]

10:13 What is the reason the ship wouldn't use it's screw in port?

[@step8337]

"25 knots downhill" made me chuckle

[@awittyusernamepleaselaugh7481]

Oh laaaawd she sailin'

[@jonathantarrant2449]

Quite honestly in event of hot war the typhoons would launch their slbm straight from the dock onto the required targets no need for tugs.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

Certainly is impressive. Although we should remember that the Soviet spent about 14% of their GDP on their military And they had a command and control economy so they could actually spend even more. If Stalin said steel costs so many rubles per ton, that's exactly what it cost, regardless of actual inputs. I am curious how we got so much information on this design. Did we get this information when we helped disassemble their Fleet at the end of the Cold War? Or did we get information from actually getting close to them and using various intelligence techniques? Well I guess we'll never find out. Speaking of things will never find out, you show a lot of respect to this submarine class. It's almost as if you dealt with it.

[@torlekjpec5708]

America is following the same path as soviet union with military GPD percentage spending. Talked to people while in the military industrial complex, it won't stop till something drastic happens like dollar crash were all non "allied" nations jump ship. If soviet union had easy wars at regular intervals, making money from gold and other valuable assets sized like we have done, they would have kept going.

[@sixft7in]

Is it just me or does the video get super low resolution at 6:11? I went back several times to check and it does it every time.

[@Roguespartan072]

Nothing to do with the typhon but in France we have the redoutable ballistic submarine turn into a museum in the Cité de la Mer naval museum in Cherbourg-Octeville . So if anyone want to visit France outside Paris and like nuclear submarine .

[@steveyountz9184]

Why do US subs have fins on the sails instead of on the forward part of the hull? Probably an obvious reason but I know nothing about things naval......

[@GrahamCStrouse]

Good question. The Americans & Soviets used very different hull forms for their subs. A compare and contrast would be interesting.

[@Urluk47]

Moving the dive planes to the sail reduces noise interference for the sonar dome in the bow.

[@richardmckinnon8791]

Has a small swimming pool for exercise

[@ktg8030]

Ohhh Josey you no go!! Boyeeeeeeee

[@alexmelia8873]

Yes finally!

[@deekox1]

16:09 Lenin - yes, Stalin - maybe, Trocki - rather no (Stalin did not like him)

[@jorgeguanche5327]

Sean Connery had one of those....

[@Hazmatt3446]

Manually pull rods to criticality… In the reactor compartment… No thanks, comrade! Not even for the Rodina!

[@A_Haunted_Pancake]

I wonder if they have a drinking game for that 😄

[@renardgrise]

@@Hazmatt3446 reminded me of the SL-1 meltdown where somebody pulled a rod too far on accident and the rod pinned him to the roof...

[@Hazmatt3446]

@@renardgrise exactly! Nothing to see here…. Move along 🤣🤣

[@ObeyWannTK6960]

@@renardgrise exactly. No. Hellz no.

[@stevemayou1029]

@@renardgrise No one remembers PO Bob Shishka...

[@wormyboot]

Sinking seems like a term that needs clarification. Do submariners have separate terms for sinking on purpose vs an emergency? Like diving vs foundering?

[@kozzywozzy]

could you do a sub brief on the Leahy class DLG/CG? (and by extension the bainbridge)

[@spergnation1859]

When they built it they never had plans for how to retire it. Strongly recommend watching documentary on youtube showing how they dismantled these.

[@Confessor555]

I understand with flank arrays, or towed line I suppose, range AND bearing can be known with passive sonar only. Anyway, as an STG from the early '80s, I wonder how many mk.46 torpedoes it could take before its over? I'd bet at least 2..

[@sukhoifockewulf]

Love the lectures, pimp

[@jjhead431]

Necessity is the mother of invention.

[@MK-Ultra-o7]

Strelas sound stupid on the sub. But if you're being chased by a couple helicopters. Couple guys, couple strelas, one escape pod. They could cover your retreat pretty well. Don't know if those escape pods open from the inside though.

[@billwhite1603]

I did skip around and probably missed it. But how did crew get from one pressure vessel to another? In the drawings it looked like the torpedo room, for example, was not connected to any other vessel?

[@ssyn6626]

Funny how with aircraft Nato is like name it frog foot, then when it comes to subs they are like give it an epic name like Typhoon.

[@A_Haunted_Pancake]

There are some rather epic sounding NATO names for Russian aircraft. By comparison, soviet submarine classes got boringly named after the NATO alphabet (Echo, Delta, Victor) for most of the cold war.

[@richdurbin6146]

With aircraft they’re somewhat limited by needing to have the reporting name begin with the first letter of the type. F for fighter, B for bomber and so one. With subs the reporting names are a bit more flexible, Delta, Mike, Oscar, Kilo ….

[@amorosogombe9650]

The most emblematic sub of the cold war. I get confused. Was there not a smaller hunter-killer submarine with a tailplane mounted sonar bulge that was called the Akula in NATO parlance?

[@danielmarshall4587]

Thank you for this vid...... is this an "update/replacement" for your previous vid?

[@atr72drvr]

Constantly checking your channel for a Sea Power review. I’m at the point that if this guy gives this game a thumbs up, then I’ll buy it.

[@Fred-vy1hm]

I notice you havent done a video on the type 218SG I think thats a design with unique features that would make for an interestng video.

[@LeonardoFSI]

A new brief on the Borei would be nice, a ship brief on the italian PPA/Paolo Thaon di Revel class would also be great