It has an advanced stern fin with horizontal hydroplane fitted after the screws. The submarine's design includes features to enable it to both travel under ice and for ice-breaking. A protected module, comprising the main control room and electronic equipment compartment, is arranged behind the missile silos above the main hulls in a centerplane under the guard of retractable devices. The pressure hulls, the centerplane and the torpedo compartment are made of titanium and the outer light hull is made of steel. Both hulls and all compartments are connected by transitions. The missile compartment is arranged in the upper part of the bow between the pressure hulls. The pressure hulls are arranged parallel to each other and symmetrical to a centerplane. The submarine has two separate pressure hulls with a diameter of 7.2 m each, five inner habitable hulls and 19 compartments. The design of the Typhoon submarine is multi-hulled and bears resemblance to a catamaran. Each submarine is capable of carrying twenty long-range ballistic missiles with up to 200 nuclear warheads that were once aimed at the United States. The Typhoon is the world’s largest submarine and was one of the most feared weapons of the Cold War. They are able to do so tied up at their docks. These submarines do not have to submerge or go to sea to launch their long-range missiles. During the Cold War the Typhoon submarines prowled the waters of the North Atlantic.
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