Soviet Nuclear Submarine Defects to the United States, 1984 - Animated

Summary by Krater

In November 1984, the Soviet Union deployed a silent Typhoon-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine into the North Atlantic, prompting the United States Navy to track and intercept it. The video concludes with the submarine sinking after a torpedo detonation following a strategic deployment against an American Alpha-class attack submarine.

From the video

Answers: How did the US Navy track a silent Soviet Typhoon-class submarine during the Cold War?

• Soviet Typhoon-class submarine
• US Navy submarine tracking
• Silent propulsion systems
• Cold War naval operations
• Submarine warfare tactics

What it concludes

• A brand new Soviet Typhoon-class submarine departed Murmansk into the Poliany inlet towards the Barents Sea in November 1984.
• US satellites detected that 58 Soviet nuclear submarines sortied from their bases at Polyarny, the Baltic and Mediterranean.
• The USS Dallas tracked the silent Soviet submarine through underwater rock formations using seismic activity detection.
• The Soviet Alpha-class attack submarine arrived and fired on the Typhoon-class submarine, resulting in a torpedo detonation and the sinking of the Soviet vessel.