THE POLITICAL VIKING'S WAR ON WRONG: Maritime ‘black hole’: Russia launches new ‘stealth’ submarine

“Our potential opponents call it the ‘Black Hole’ due to the very low noise emission and visibility of the submarine,” Konstantin Tabachny, captain of the Novorossiysk, told Channel One TV. “To be undetectable is the main quality for a submarine. And this whole project really fits its purpose.”