- Original Design: Designed and authorized by DarthDesigner, this Nuclear Submarine TYPHOON | Project 941 Акула set is inspired by the Former Soviet nuclear submarine. The product has undergone multiple revisions and reviews, ensuring a reasonable, sturdy structure and an excellent building experience. It perfectly recreates the product and its structure with a unique design and color scheme, offering high aesthetic and collectible value.
- Background: The Typhoon-class submarine, Soviet designation Project 941 Akula (Russian: Акула, meaning "shark"), NATO reporting name Typhoon, is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines designed and built for the Soviet Navy. With an underwater displacement of 48,000 tons, the Typhoon-class is the largest submarine ever constructed. It can provide comfortable living facilities for 160 crew members for several months underwater. The origin of the NATO reporting name is unclear, but it is often claimed to be related to a 1974 speech by General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, in which he used the word "Typhoon" (тайфун) to describe a new type of nuclear ballistic missile submarine in response to the U.S. Navy's new Ohio-class submarines.
In March 2012, the Russian Navy canceled plans to modernize the Typhoon-class submarines, citing that the cost of modernizing one Typhoon-class submarine would be equivalent to building two new Borei-class submarines. Three Typhoon-class submarines were decommissioned in the 1990s and scrapped in the 21st century, with two more decommissioned and currently in reserve status. In September 2012, Russia announced the phasing out of the last R-39 Rif (SS-N-20 Sturgeon) submarine-launched ballistic missiles, leaving only one Typhoon-class submarine, the Dmitry Donskoy, still in service. This submarine was modified to test the more modern RSM-56 Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile. It continued to serve until its retirement in February 2023.