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asif iqbal

Banned Idiot
A French selfie anyone? Wow

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asif iqbal

Banned Idiot
Holy Jalapeños!!! Did you see that turn on the Exocet missiles?????

I did not know the missile could make a turn so tight what a lethal missile is the French Built Exocet

Wow I recommend everyone to watch from 2:53 seconds a Exocet launch from a land based canister makes a tight turn

Here's a pic I snapped just as it turned

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Holy Jalapeños!!! Did you see that turn on the Exocet missiles?????

I did not know the missile could make a turn so tight what a lethal missile is the French Built Exocet

Wow I recommend everyone to watch from 2:53 seconds a Exocet launch from a land based canister makes a tight turn

Here's a pic I snapped just as it turned

232fca56ced1e7ca9c3f5f1aa8c25c98_zpsb10429d5.jpg

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could even like turn back :)
No particular maneuvres are required by the ship: the missiles are capable of changing course after the launch up to 200° so all the missiles in the ship could be used against the same target in one attack.

not exactly France Military News though LOL
 

FORBIN

Lieutenant General
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Baraccuda SN program, Suffren class the first to Cherbourg where all nuclear submarines were built from SSBN Le Redoutable this DCNS shipyard built also Scorpene.

We start to see the hull, programm worck for the moment, planned begin sea trials for 9 months in 2016 and in service for 2017.

6 planned 4 ordered right now, memory total cost about 8 billion €.

Get a pump jet more quiet as Rubis, very quiet as Triomphant, nuclear reactor get a life of 10 years, Rubis 6 and carry 20 weapons i presume about 10 torpedoes and 10 SM-39/CM MDCN.

Main advantage of this reactor exept performance it does will not all the time one unit in RCOH as Rubis. avaibility increase and for one time in Europe replacement number to number.

With also optronic masts ofc and some arrangements for special forces.
More big as Rubis which was the world's smallest SN with US Skate for displacement and this will be sufficient space for future modifications.

Normaly homeported to Toulon.

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HMS Astute

Junior Member
Why are the French submarines always a lot smaller than RN's in terms of displacement/tonnes?

Rubis-class subs are like only half the size of Trafalgar-class subs for example.
 
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FORBIN

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2 interesting new concept ships presented at Euronaval 2014 :

XWind 4000 do by DCNS
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And corvette C Sword 90, shipyard, CMN Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie
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1 x 76 gun, 8 AShM, 16 VL-Mica or others, 2 short range SAM but no hangar for helo.

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