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Originally Posted by Kapitan
Seconded the Mike is no prototype it is a completely stand alone class of vessel like the Project 661 Anchar or Papa class (which is pretty much a titanium hulled Charlie class in looks)
Project 685 Plavnik Mike class still holds the world record for deepest diving military submarine
as for linar succession the Project 671 RTK or Victor III were Succeeded by the Akula Project 971
As for the deeper you go sound still travels like the jet stream there is a thermal layer called the deep sound channel which was discovered by Dr Robert Ballard from Woodshole Oceanographic reasearch Laboratory.
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Mike submarine (or project 685) was first very deep diving submarine with more then 1000 meters. After it must be go project 954 with diving depth 1400 meters (operational), but USSR collapse and no one submarine project 954 was not building.
In large depth have few thermal layers and few sound channels. But USA not know about so have not submarine with large depth diving.