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The Triomphant class of ballistic missile submarines of the French Navy is the active lead boat class of four boats that entered service in 1997, 1999, 2004, and 2010. These four superseded the older Redoutable class, and they provide the ocean-based component (the Force océanique stratégique) of France's nuclear deterrent strike force, the Force de dissuasion (deterrence force).
The submarines of France include nuclear attack submarines and nuclear ballistic missile submarines of various classes, operated by the French Navy as part of the French Submarine Forces. France also builds Scorpène-class submarines for international buyers; the Brazilian submarine Álvaro Alberto , a nuclear-powered boat, [ 1 ] will be ...
The M51 SLBM is a French submarine-launched ballistic missile, built by ArianeGroup, and deployed with the French Navy.Designed to replace the M45 SLBM (in French terminology the MSBS – Mer-Sol-Balistique-Stratégique "Sea-ground-Strategic ballistic"), it was first deployed in 2010.
On 4 January 1995, during testing, the boat reached maximum depth for the first time and made the first firing of a ballistic missile the following month. Photographs of the boat were exhibited to the Senate of France from 15 to 23 May 1995. In June, the boat set off back to Cherbourg for Post-Testing Upgrades (Remises A Niveau Après Essais or ...
The force oversees all French submarines regardless of role. The headquarters staff is an independent command made up of two prime components: [1] [2] The Strategic Oceanic Force (French: Force Océanique Stratégique, FOST), comprising several French nuclear ballistic missile submarine based at Brest.
The Redoutable class all have 16 compartments for submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Redoutable initially deployed with 16 the M1 MSBS (Mer-Sol Balistique Stratégique). The M1 missile was a two stage ballistic missile with a 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) height and each missile weighed 18,000 kg (40,000 lb).
The submarine force consists of five nuclear attack submarines and four nuclear ballistic missile submarines. Integral to supporting the Force d'Action Navale at sea are the French Navy's 2 replenishment oilers, 16 mine countermeasure vessels and 4 support/pollution response ships. In addition to the above units, the Navy operates five survey ...
Le Redoutable (S 611) was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Marine nationale. Commissioned on 1 December 1971, the boat was the first French SNLE (Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins, "Device-Launching Nuclear Submarine").