Redoutable-class submarine (1967)
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The Le Redoutable-class submarine was a ballistic missile submarine class of the French Navy (Marine Nationale). In French, the type is called Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins (SNLE), literally "Missile-launching nuclear submarine". When commissioned, they constituted the strategic part of the naval component of the French nuclear triad, then called Force de frappe (the aircraft carriers Clemenceau and Foch constituting the tactical part).
Le Redoutable | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Le Redoutable class |
Builders | DCNS |
Operators | French Navy |
Preceded by | Gymnote |
Succeeded by | Triomphant class |
Built | 1964–1985 |
In commission | 1971–2008 |
Completed | 6 |
Retired | 6 |
Preserved | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ballistic missile submarine |
Displacement | 8,000 tons (submerged) |
Length | 128 m (419 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 10.6 m (34 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | Unlimited distance; 20–25 years |
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The class entered active service in 1971 with Redoutable, six submarines were built in total. All have since been decommissioned. The structural changes in Inflexible have seen it regarded as a different class from the early boats. The class has been superseded by the Triomphant class.