French submarine Le Terrible (S619)
 Le Terrible surfaced at Brest
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| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Le Terrible |
| Cost | €3.1 billion (2010)[1] |
| Laid down | 24 October 2000 |
| Launched | 21 March 2008 |
| Commissioned | 20 September 2010 [2] |
| Homeport | Île Longue |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Triomphant-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 138 m (453 ft) |
| Beam | 12.50 m (41.0 ft) |
| Draught | 10.60 m (34.8 ft) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | over 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range | Unlimited distance; 20–25 years |
| Test depth | Over 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Complement |
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| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | ARUR 13 |
| Armament | |
Le Terrible is a Triomphant-class strategic nuclear submarine of the French Navy. The boat was launched on 21 March 2008 [8]
On 27 January 2010, Le Terrible launched an M51 SLBM from underwater in Audierne Bay.[9] The missile reached its target 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) off North Carolina; the 4,500-kilometre (2,800 mi) flight took about 20 minutes.[10]
The submarine was put into service on 20 September 2010 armed with 16 M51 missiles.[2] Terrible is fitted with a new SYCOBS combat system (SYstem de COmbat Barracuda-SSBN) which will also be installed on the new Barracuda class SSNs.[11][12]
In July 2017 French president Emmanuel Macron visited the submarine in the Atlantic and took part in a simulated missile launch.[13]
See also
[edit]Sources and references
[edit]- ^ "French Audit Report Reveals Weapon Prices, A400M Details". defence-aerospace.com. 18 February 2010. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Le Terrible entre en service actif". Ministry of Defense (France). 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/18321557.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "AFP: La marine française met un quatrième sous-marin nucléaire en service". Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "IA M51 : Chape de plomb sur le nucléaire". Mer et Marine. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ Kristensen, Hans. "France" (PDF). Assuring Destruction Forever: Nuclear Weapon Modernization Around the World. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ Reif, Kingston (8 December 2009). "Nuclear weapons: The modernization myth". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Sous-marin nucléaire lanceur d'engins Le Terrible". netmarine.net. 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ Un missile M-51 a été tiré depuis un sous-marin en plongée ce matin Archived 2014-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, Jean-Dominique Merchet, Libération
- ^ Le missile M-51 est retombé à 2000 kilomètres des côtes américaines Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine, Jean-Dominique Merchet, Libération
- ^ "Thales Underwater Systems Awarded French SSBN Sonar System Contract". Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ "Noticiarionaval: Un nouveau sous-marin géant sort des chantiers de Cherbourg". 2008.
- ^ "Emmanuel Macron aboard France's nuclear submarine". BBC News. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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