Alfa Class Submarine Memorial Display Shadow Box, Project 705 Lira, 9 x 9

The Alfa Class submarine stands as a pinnacle of Cold War-era naval engineering. With its distinctive teardrop-shaped hull and titanium alloy construction, the Alfa is one of the fastest submarines ever constructed. It featured an unorthodox advanced propulsion system, driven by a liquid-metal-cooled nuclear reactor. The first Alfa class submarines launched in 1971 and served… (read more)