France’s Submarine The New Suffren-Class
I like this boat ... if I were a small country I would purchase a couple of them :yep:
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To me it seems like a minimalistic SSN, without much exciting things happening in sonar or weapons.
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Just what I previously posted about Australia's plans after Collins' class. https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...d.php?t=247027
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An awful lot is packed into what is not a relatively large platform but I hope she meets all that is being claimed of her.
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Not just benefits to the class. But an addition to the Navy and its allies. |
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Test of the combat diver module on the Suffren https://news.maritime-network.com/20...7IeZ-zu9xKXHPw |
^ That's going to make some underwater noise for sure :yep:
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I really don't understand why people say these boats are small ? they are just a touch under 100m long, when you consider that the boats they are replacing the Rubis class which are 76m long its quite a big leap.
The UK Trafalgar class are smaller than the suffren at 86m long and have a pretty good array of capabilities packed in. On a side note the UK Astute class are only a smidge shorter than the suffren there's about 2m in it. The only real drawback I actually see with these boats is the lack of ability to engage land targets, they don't carry a land attack missile like the RN or USN thats not to say that this cannot be remedied in the future. In all honesty I think the Suffren will do just fine and as intended (and this is coming from an English man who doesn't like the French pretty much) Anyway thats just my 2 cents Im off to gargle some Listerine now i said the above. |
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They have Naval Cruise Missile (NCM) in the inventory. They tested one from the Suffren in October. https://www.navalnews.com/event-news...ruise-missile/ |
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Comes complete with auto deployed white flag upon detection of UK assets.
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You still didn't digest the Hundred Years' War? Did you known the next French SSN will be named Guillaume Le Conquerant, you known the French guy who ... , well you known the story, no need to to put salt on the wound :haha::haha::haha::haha::haha:
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The USN had/have some French named ship like Lafayette ,Normandy, Bonhomme Richard, ....
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Bonne Homme Richard; means good man Richard in French and its named for Benjamin Franklin (one of the founding fathers and he is British)
Lafayette is a Frenchman who helped in the American revolutionary war this mainly to spite the British who were the French enemies at the time. Normandy Northern region of France which technically includes the Channel islands Jersey and Guernsey, also note HM Queen Elizabeth II is the Duke of Normandy. |
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Also if we trace William the conquerors heritage he came from Normandy (which meant Norse land / land of the northern people its where the Vikings settled) William himself his family originated from Scandinavia and the Vikings. |
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