Quiet horror underwater. Quiet horror under water, or the most terrible enemy of the US Navy Still from the film "Black Sea"

Recently, American naval forces have begun to demonstrate surprising timidity. They say that our submarine “Kazan,” just launched in Severodvinsk, is “the most terrible enemy of the US fleet.” This is exactly what the reputable American magazine National Interest said. They are convinced that the American Navy has never known a rival like it. And they believe that the boat will be used primarily for “hunting American strategic nuclear submarines.” So what kind of beast is this - the nuclear submarine "Kazan" of Project 885M "Yasen-M"?
Second of thirty"Kazan" is a multi-purpose submarine. That is, it is intended not only to combat aircraft carriers and strategic submarines of a potential enemy, but also against critical infrastructure facilities on the coast. To do this, she has a set of cruise missiles, torpedoes, a digital control system, detection and guidance of weapons. Moreover, it is practically silent (and once upon a time the Americans called our submarines “roaring cows”) and detects the enemy before he can detect it. And in an underwater war, whoever heard first won. Kazan is at least as quiet as its Western competitors. So it’s not for nothing that the Americans are afraid of our submarines. But for some reason they are doing this with a delay: the “older sister” of “Kazan” “Severodvinsk” has been in service since 2014. However, they were just as scared when our multi-purpose submarines of the previous, third went into the ocean in the 80-90s generation, “Pike-B.” Each “Pike” cost our budget $785 million. Not cheap, of course. But it was then that, to combat them, the United States began building Seawolf hunting boats at a cost of $4.6 billion apiece. It was then that it became clear that with the efforts of the entire NATO fleet, the Pike could be destroyed, but the price would be “real devastation” of the coastal infrastructure, as well as the loss of at least one or two aircraft carriers. It got to the point that in 1991, the US Congress proposed to require Russia to make public its long-term programs in the field of submarine shipbuilding, as well as to provide it with assistance in re-equipping shipyards that build nuclear submarines to produce non-military products. The fourth generation Yasen submarines are the most advanced ships of our fleet. If in the newest submarine missile carriers of the Borei type the equipment used for the first time is approximately 40%, then in the Kazan, built according to an improved project, all systems, components and mechanisms have never been used anywhere before and are manufactured exclusively in Russia. Today, there are four more such submarines on the Sevmash stocks: Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Arkhangelsk and Perm. The laying of the seventh, Ulyanovsk, is planned for this year. This project is the Russian response to the American nuclear submarines SeaWolf and Virginia. Initially it was planned to build 30 Ashes. By 2020, the Russian Navy expects to receive seven ships.
Submarine slow-moving vessel The design of the Yasenya is strikingly different from most Soviet nuclear submarines, which had a double-hull design. They do not have a lightweight body that encloses a strong hull and increases the noise of the boat when moving like a resonator. The Yasenya's lightweight hull covers the strong one only in the bow, where the large spherical antenna of the automated digital hydroacoustic station "Amphora-Irtysh" is located. There, in the first compartment, there is also a central post. Because of this, it was necessary to remove the torpedo tubes from it, placing them in the second one at an angle to the centerline plane of the ship, five on each side. There are also 30 torpedoes of ammunition. The third compartment contains auxiliary and general ship equipment. In the fourth compartment there are rooms for the crew. The fifth missile compartment: eight vertical launchers (4 on each side), which can accommodate 24 Onyx, Turquoise or Kalibr-PL anti-ship missiles. Launch four minutes after the command is received. This is the ship's main weapon. In the sixth compartment there is another highlight of Project 885 - a new generation reactor, the primary coolant pipelines of which are located directly in its body, which significantly increases the reliability of the submarine’s energy system. This design not only reduces the likelihood of accidents and emergency situations, but also significantly reduces the noise of the submarine. After all, the boat will be able to go at high speed without using circulation pumps - one of the main sources of noise. In the seventh compartment there is a steam turbine unit and other power equipment.
The eighth compartment houses the propulsion electric motor. In the ninth there is a tiller compartment. Various vibration-absorbing materials are actively used in the Yasen design; all equipment is mounted on special frames that reduce the noise of their operation. In addition, each unit is covered with its own soundproofing panels. The ship's hull also has a special rubber coating that reduces the ship's visibility to sonars. Project 885 Yasen nuclear submarines are equipped with a low-noise propeller with seven blades of a special saber shape. The submarine's hull has a maximum length of 139 m and a width of 13 meters. The ship's robust hull is divided into nine compartments. In the first compartment there is an exit to a pop-up rescue chamber, which can accommodate the entire crew of the submarine - 64 people.
WHAT'S NEXT?
"Kazan" will undergo sea trials, and after their completion it will be transferred to the Russian Navy. This is expected to happen next year. And, as the experience of recent years shows, the new nuclear-powered submarine will not remain idle. “Last year, in terms of the number of sailing days, we reached the level that was before the post-Soviet period,” said Admiral Vladimir Korolev, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy. - This is more than three thousand days at sea. An excellent indicator." It seems that the domestic submarine fleet has managed to get rid of the curse of the recent past, when in all fleets the lack of trained crews coincided with the lack of serviceable ships. After all, you can’t learn seamanship on land. It is the high level of automation, coupled with the significantly increased training of sailors, midshipmen and officers in recent years, that is the basis for the combat capabilities of the new submarine.

Without a doubt, a selection of films about sea monsters should begin with the legendary film by Steven Spielberg. The local police sheriff discovers the remains of a girl on the shore, torn to pieces by a great white shark. The number of victims is growing every day, but the city leadership does not dare to notify residents of the danger. Then the sheriff teams up with a shark hunter and an oceanographer. Together they want to catch the monster.

The film subsequently received three more sequels, the last of which was released in 1987. In each part, a team of heroes fights a huge shark.

Piranha

• USA, 1978.
• Horror.
• Duration: 92 minutes.
• IMDb: 5.9.

Before the release of this film, Steven Spielberg accused director Joe Dante of plagiarism. However, he liked the picture itself, and subsequently they became friends.

The main character investigates the disappearance of two teenagers. She discovers a secret laboratory where, during the Cold War, piranhas were bred, which could live in cold and salty water and be used as living weapons. After the laboratory was closed, some mutants survived, and now they have entered the open sea and bred. However, the military tries to hide these facts, and the piranhas reach public beaches.

The sequel to this film, “Piranha 2: Spawning,” is the debut of the famous man in big cinema. However, the second film is considered a failure in all respects.

Abyss

The Abyss

• USA, 1989.
• Fantasy, adventure, thriller.
• Duration: 145 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.6.

Cameron shot this film much later. And it, in contrast to “Piranha 2,” is still considered one of the standards of films about the depths of the sea.

A submarine with nuclear warheads on board crashes in the ocean. Researchers are sent to the scene of the accident from a station located nearby. They must find out the cause of the crash and disarm the warheads. However, when the experts arrive on the submarine, they encounter unknown intelligent beings.

Leviathan

Leviathan

• Italy, USA, 1989.
• Science fiction, horror.
• Duration: 98 minutes.
• IMDb: 5.8.

This film plays on the traditional plot of a group of people in a confined space facing an unknown danger. In Ridley Scott's "The Thing" the action took place on a spaceship, in Carpenter's "The Thing" - at a polar station. In Leviathan, the heroes find themselves at an underwater silver mining station.

A group of miners discover the sunken Russian submarine Leviathan. As it turns out, the crew of the boat was killed by an unknown virus, which the miners brought to their station. One of them mutates and turns into a ruthless monster.

Deep blue Sea

Deep blue sea

• USA, 1999.
• Horror, thriller, fantasy.
• Duration: 105 minutes.
• IMDb: 5.8.

The only thing more dangerous than a huge shark is an intelligent huge shark. Scientists are using genetic engineering to enlarge the brains of fish to conduct research on a cure for the disease. As a result of the experiment, three experimental sharks turn into intelligent creatures, who have added cunning to their thirst for murder.

Lake Placid: Lake of Fear

Lake Placid

• USA, 1999.
• Horror, action, comedy.
• Duration: 82 minutes.
• IMDb: 5.7.

In a quiet lake located in the forests of America, there lives an ominous monster that can bite a person in half. After the death of a nature explorer, the local sheriff tries to find and destroy the creature. His assistants suggest that this is a giant crocodile that somehow miraculously appeared in the lake. The heroes first want to kill the monster, but then decide that it needs to be caught for research.

Open sea

Open Water

• USA, 2003.
• Drama, thriller.
• Duration: 79 minutes.
• IMDb: 5.7.

This film is partially based on real events. A married couple arrives in the Bahamas to relax and go diving. However, during the last dive, due to a mistake, the boat floats away without them. The heroes find themselves abandoned in the open sea 15 kilometers from the coast without any hope of rescue.

People who investigated the real-life case that inspired this story believe that the couple died without the involvement of sharks or other animals. However, these dangerous creatures that attack the heroes were, of course, added to the film.

Mega shark vs giant octopus

Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus

• USA, 2009.
• Horror, action.
• Duration: 90 minutes.
• IMDb: 2.6.

Studio Asylum, known for making bad blockbuster knockoffs, has its own series of films about sea monsters, starting with a confrontation between a giant shark and an octopus. All these films were shot with very cheap and ridiculous special effects, and the actors performed poorly. However, thanks to this, the films became famous throughout the world as absurd comedies.

In the story, scientists study a glacier at the bottom of the ocean. Because of the experiments, the ice is destroyed, and giant creatures that went extinct two million years ago break free.

If this film is not enough, then you can watch other stories about the “Mega Shark” from this studio, as well as the “Sharknado” series, where sea monsters were sucked into a tornado and then thrown out into the metropolis.

Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

• USA, 2010.
• Thriller, horror, comedy.
• Duration: 90 minutes.
• IMDb: 5.5.

Remake of the 1978 film Piranha. The plot is generally similar to the original, only in the new version the mutant piranhas turn out to be not the result of military experiments, but ancient creatures that lived in a confined space for millions of years. After an earthquake, monsters end up in a lake where thousands of students have just gathered for vacation. The sheriff and the seismologist helping him are trying to avoid turning a youth holiday into a lunch for piranhas.

Shallow

The Shallows

• USA, 2016.
• Drama, thriller.
• Duration: 86 minutes.
• IMDb: 6.3.

The main character comes to Mexico to a wild beach to ride. Not far from the shore, she comes across the body of a dead whale, and the girl is immediately attacked by a great white shark. Having been wounded, the heroine climbs onto the whale carcass and finds herself trapped: a predator is circling around, and everyone she can reach immediately dies in the water. She will have a one-on-one fight with a deadly monster.

Unfortunately, we have so far explored no more than 5% of the world's oceans. Meanwhile, even this insignificant part of knowledge is enough to be horrified by seeing those creatures that live in the depths.

1. Meshkort
Sackmouth is the only known genus of deep-sea fish of the family Sackmouth. They reach 2 meters in length and live at a depth of 2 to 5 kilometers. Their feature is a large, strong and flexible mouth with teeth curved inside the mouth. The skull of these fish lacks some bones, so the bagmouths easily open their mouths almost 180 degrees. At great depths there is not always enough food, so the fish has adapted to eat for future use, swallowing more food than its own weight and size. Having eaten your fill of sack, you can go without food for a long time.

2. Giant grenadier
The giant grenadier is most often found in the seas surrounding Russia: in Okhotsk - off the coast of Kamchatka and in Berigov - near the Kuril and Commander Islands. Here it is known as the "little-eyed longtail" or "little-eyed grenadier", although in other countries it is commonly called the giant grenadier. The size of the fish - compared to other deep-sea creatures - is truly enormous. Adults can reach 2 meters, and their weight is 20–30 kg. The maximum recorded age of an adult fish was 56 years, but it is believed that the giant grenadier can live even longer. Young fish usually stay close to the surface, at depths of 200 to 500 meters. As it matures, the giant grenadier goes deeper and deeper, descending to 3,500 meters and deeper.

3. Skilled fisherman
Lasiognathus is a genus of deep-sea ray-finned fish of the family Thaumatichthidae - lives in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Among ichthyologists it is known under the unofficial name “skillful fisherman”. Lasiognathus received its nickname for a reason. This deep-sea fish has an almost real fishing rod, with which it hunts other fish and invertebrates. This device consists of a short fishing rod (basal bone), fishing line (modified dorsal fin ray), hook (large skin teeth) and bait (luminous photophores). This gear is truly remarkable. In different subspecies of Lasoignatus, the structure of the fishing rod can vary from short (up to the middle of the body) to long (much longer than the body). These fish live at great depths - about 4 kilometers.

4. Sabertooth
Sabertooth is a deep-sea fish that lives in tropical and temperate zones at depths from 200 to 5,000 m. It grows up to 15 centimeters in length and weighs only 120 grams. The most remarkable thing about her is two long fangs, which are located on the lower jaw. In proportion to their body, they are the longest among fish known to science. And so that Sabertooth could close its mouth, nature endowed it with special grooves in the upper jaw and divided the fish’s brain into two parts.

5. Hatchet fish
Hatchetfish are deep-sea fish found in temperate and tropical waters of the world's oceans. They got their name for their characteristic appearance - a narrow tail and a wide “axe-like body”. They can most often be found at depths from 200 to 600 meters. However, it is known that they can live at a depth of 2 kilometers. Their body is covered with silvery scales, which easily bounce off and are strongly compressed from the sides. The size of the “hatchets” is small, and in some individuals the body length is only 5 centimeters.


Idiacanth are small, quite rare deep-sea fish of the Idiacanthidae family. They are most common in tropical and temperate waters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Males are no longer than 7 cm and look more like a larva than a fish: there are no teeth, as well as the antennae characteristic of females at the bottom of the head. But the photophore is very well developed and occupies 1/3 of the head. Interestingly, the digestive system of males degrades by the time they reach puberty, they stop feeding, and from that moment on their life expectancy is a couple of weeks. During this period, males passively float in the water column at a depth of 1–2 km, and with their huge photophore they attract females to mate. The latter are larger and reach a length of as much as half a meter. The huge mouth, lined with sharp, crooked teeth, never closes. An antennae extends from the chin, which sometimes exceeds the length of the head by 3 times and ends at the end with a thickening. The skin is dark, jet black and has no scales. Violet and golden photophores are scattered throughout the body.

7. Coelacanth
The coelacanth or coelacanth is a large deep-sea fish whose discovery in 1938 became one of the most important zoological finds of the 20th century. Despite its unattractive appearance, it is remarkable in that for 400 million years it has not changed its appearance and body structure. In fact, this unique relict fish is one of the oldest living creatures on planet Earth. She's even older than dinosaurs! Coelacanth lives at a depth of up to 700 meters in the waters of the Indian Ocean. The length of the fish can reach 1.8 meters and weigh more than 100 kilograms, and the body has a beautiful blue tint. Since coelacanth is very slow, it prefers to hunt at great depths, where there is no competition with faster predators. These fish can swim backwards or belly up. Despite the fact that the meat of the coelcanth is inedible, it often becomes a desired prey among local poachers. Currently, the coelacanth or coelacanth is endangered.

8. Bathisaurus
The name Bathysaurus ferox sounds like a dinosaur, which, in principle, is not far from the truth. Bathysaurus ferox is a deep-sea lizardfish that lives in tropical and subtropical seas of the world, at depths from 600 to 3500 meters. Its length reaches 50–65 centimeters. It is considered the world's deepest living superpredator. And all because he devours any creature that comes his way. Once the jaws of this devilish fish slam shut, it's game over. Even her tongue is lined with razor-sharp fangs.

9. Giant isopod
Giant isopods are the name of 9 species of large isopods that live in the cold waters at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. These are large animals that can be more than 50 centimeters in length. The largest recorded specimen weighed 1.7 kg. at 76 cm. Externally, isopods resemble woodlice, although they are 50 times larger. They live at depths from 170 to 2,500 meters. Although the majority of the entire population (about 80%) prefers a clay bottom at a depth of 360–750 m from the surface of the water and solitude. They are carnivorous and can hunt slow-moving prey such as sea cucumbers, sponges and small fish. They do not disdain carrion that falls from the surface. Hundreds of Isopods can be found near the carcasses of dead whales and large sharks, devouring the decomposing body. Since there is not always enough food at such great depths, and finding it in pitch darkness is not an easy task, these crayfish have adapted to do without food for quite a long time. It is known for sure that Isopod is capable of fasting for 8 weeks in a row.