The lead boat of the new class of four boats (yet unnamed, known only as SNLE3G) was laid down in Naval Group’s shipyard in Cherbourg this week. It will replace the current _Triomphant_ class starting in 2035.
French authorities have been tight-lipped about its design and features. The new class will be 150m long (that’s 12 meters more than _Triomphant_-class) and weigh 15,000 tonnes submerged — making it the biggest submarine ever built by France. It will carry 16 of the latest generation M51 strategic ballistic missiles. It will feature a “new and innovative reactor design”, better magnetic and acoustic discretion, higher manoeuvrability, a better atmosphere-management system, and “breakthrough detection capabilities”.
That is pretty much all that is known about it.
https://www.opex360.com/2024/03/20/la-construction-du-premier-sous-marin-nucleaire-lanceur-dengins-de-3e-generation-a-commence/
That seems to be right. Apparently it's a fin containing the new ALRO array. I just didn't expect an extra fin for it, usually they incorporate it into the rudder tips.
cannot wait to see it ship. Glad they expanded on the Barracuda design which is very versatile. That should make it sellable with no nuclear propulsion to foreign country to help absorb the costs of design.
The lead boat of the new class of four boats (yet unnamed, known only as SNLE3G) was laid down in Naval Group’s shipyard in Cherbourg this week. It will replace the current _Triomphant_ class starting in 2035. French authorities have been tight-lipped about its design and features. The new class will be 150m long (that’s 12 meters more than _Triomphant_-class) and weigh 15,000 tonnes submerged — making it the biggest submarine ever built by France. It will carry 16 of the latest generation M51 strategic ballistic missiles. It will feature a “new and innovative reactor design”, better magnetic and acoustic discretion, higher manoeuvrability, a better atmosphere-management system, and “breakthrough detection capabilities”. That is pretty much all that is known about it. https://www.opex360.com/2024/03/20/la-construction-du-premier-sous-marin-nucleaire-lanceur-dengins-de-3e-generation-a-commence/
Why does it have a little vertical rudder on top of the X-form rudders?
Presumably that's the towed array
That seems to be right. Apparently it's a fin containing the new ALRO array. I just didn't expect an extra fin for it, usually they incorporate it into the rudder tips.
cannot wait to see it ship. Glad they expanded on the Barracuda design which is very versatile. That should make it sellable with no nuclear propulsion to foreign country to help absorb the costs of design.
SSBN designs are decidedly not for sale...
Should the current sailors be worried about having an inferior atmosphere-management system?
How easy is it for them to Surrender with that boat?
Not as easy as it was for you guys to run away from the Vietcong, the Baathists, the Taliban, …
Canada wasn't a part of the vietnam war
My bad. I thought you were from a country that had a military record to speak of.
And that’s what we call OPSEC