The Project 949 (Granit) and Project 949A (Antey) Soviet Navy/Russian Navy cruise missile submarines are known in the West by their NATO reporting names, the Oscar-I and Oscar-II classes, respectively.
Oscars were the largest guided missile submarines in service until the first deployment of the new (rebuilt) Ohio class SSGN cruise missile submarine on October 15, 2007, and the third largest submarines in terms of displacement and length. Only th...
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The Project 949 (Granit) and Project 949A (Antey) Soviet Navy/Russian Navy cruise missile submarines are known in the West by their NATO reporting names, the Oscar-I and Oscar-II classes, respectively.
Oscars were the largest guided missile submarines in service until the first deployment of the new (rebuilt) Ohio class SSGN cruise missile submarine on October 15, 2007, and the third largest submarines in terms of displacement and length. Only the Typhoon class Soviet/Russian submarines and the American Ohio class submarines are larger.
Two Oscar-I submarines were built at Severodvinsk and assigned to the Soviet Northern Fleet:
Eleven Oscar-II submarines were completed at Severodvinsk. Five were assigned to the Soviet Northern Fleet:
Six were assigned to the Soviet Pacific Fleet, all originally commissioned in the Northern Fleet before transfer to the Pacific:
Three more Oscar-II submarines were planned.
At one stage it had been planned to develop a new fourth-generation follow-on to...
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