K-3 rapidly demonstrated the extraordinary endurance of nuclear submarines, embarking upon two-month long cruises while submerged.
Here s What You Need to Remember: The November-class submarines may not have been particularly
silent hunters, but they nonetheless marked a breakthrough in providing the Soviet submarine fleet global reach while operating submerged. They also provided painful lessons, paid in human lives lost or irreparably injured, in the risks inherent to exploiting nuclear power, and in the high price to be paid for technical errors and lax safety procedures.
The United States launched the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, in 1954, revolutionizing undersea warfare. The
An alligator rumoured to have belonged to Adolf Hitler has been preserved for posterity after dying this year at Moscow Zoo.
The 84-year-old reptile was found by British soldiers in Berlin after the Second World War and passed to the Red Army.
Named Saturn, the alligator was taken to the Soviet capital in 1946 and became an icon of Moscow Zoo for generations of children.
The alligator named Saturn is placed on display following its death in May of this year
An alligator rumoured to have belonged to Adolf Hitler has been preserved for posterity after dying this year at Moscow Zoo