In the decade of the 80s, the Typhoon class submarine belonging to the Soviet Union became popular after being featured in the novel The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy. It was later filmed which further increased the public's knowledge of the largest submarine ever produced in world history which was larger in size than a World War II aircraft carrier.
A total of six Typhoons were built but none are currently operational after Dmitry Donskoy's last ship was decommissioned this week by the Russian Navy. The prohibitive cost of operation and the lack of need for giant submarines with the ability to launch ballistic nuclear missiles made them obsolete.
What makes the Typhoon submarine unique is that it is the only one that has a swimming pool for the crew and has a double hull. A Typhoon also has enough ballistic nuclear missile capacity to wipe out human civilization.
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