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- The Alfa class, Soviet designation Project 705 Lira (Russian: Лира, meaning “Lyre“, NATO reporting name Alfa), was a class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in service with the Soviet Navy and later with the Russian Navy. They were the fastest military submarines ever built, with only the prototype submarine K-222 (NATO Reporting Name Papa-class) exceeding them in submerged speed. (info from Wikipedia)