GUGI’s tasks include attacking undersea infrastructure and protecting Russian installations. The significance of these forces was highlighted by a 2019 fire on the AS-12 Losharik submarine.

The Russian Navy accepted the fifth in a class of advanced nuclear attack submarines that is set to be based near Norway, Moscow announced last week. Attack boat Arkhangelsk was turned over to the ...

Russian crew members get on board of the newly built “Novorossiysk” B-261 multipurpose diesel-electric submarine in Saint Petersburg, on August 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA (Photo by OLGA ...