Maximum diving depth is 400 m. Speed is 12 knots when surfaced and 25 knots when submerged. Typhoon is capable of spending 120 days at sea. The submarine carries 20 RSM-52 intercontinental, three stage solid propellant ballistic missiles. The two rows of missile launch tubes are situated in front of the sail between the main hulls.
Guidance is inertial with stellar reference updating.
The missile weighs 84,000 kg at launch and was designed by the Makayev Design Bureau. The torpedo room is in the upper part of the bow between the hulls. The torpedo tubes can also be used to deploy mines. The submarine has both radio and satellite communications systems. It is fitted with two floating antenna buoys to receive radio signals, target designation data and satellite navigation signals, at depth and under ice cover.