An Aug 2009 report from the U.S. Office of naval Intelligence estimated Yasen-class attack sub to be the quietest and least detectable of all contemporaneous Russian and Chinese subs (that includes ALL Akula variants). However, Seawolf and VA classes are still quieter than it on a comfortable margin. Now in RA, Akula III is way better than VA. If this is not Russian bias in a blatant contradiction to reality then I don't know what it is then.
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