Glossary For Operation Arctic Sting
Glossary For Operation Arctic StingOperation Arctic Sting1MC—Ship’s announcing system.
1MCAkkord—The general control console on the Soviet Alfa submarine.
AkkordAlfa submarineAlfa—The radiation monitoring console on the Soviet Alfa submarine.
AlfaAlfa submarineAlfa Submarine—A Soviet nuclear submarine (Project-705 Lira) with the NATO reporting name Alfa class. It was the fastest military submarine ever built. The Alfa had a unique design with a titanium hull and a small but powerful lead-bismuth cooled fast reactor. This reduced the overall weight and size of the submarine and allowed for very high speeds; however, the reactor had a short lifetime and had to be kept warm when it was not being used. The Alfa was very automated and carried about 25 cre
