For other ships of the same name, see French ship Le Téméraire.
 Le Téméraire (S 617) | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Le Téméraire |
| Namesake: | "Daring" |
| Cost: | €4.282 billion (2010)[1] |
| Laid down: | 18 December 1993 |
| Launched: | 21 January 1998 |
| Commissioned: | 23 December 1999 |
| Homeport: | Île Longue |
| Identification: | S617 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Triomphant-class submarine |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 138 m (453 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.50 m (41.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 10.60 m (34.8 ft) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | over 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range: | Unlimited distance; 20–25 years |
| Test depth: | Over 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Complement: |
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| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | ARUR 13 |
| Armament: | |
Le Téméraire (fr) is a Triomphant-class ballistic missile submarine of the French Navy, launched in January 1998,[citation needed] and commissioned in December 1999, six months behind schedule.[7] The boat had, in May 1999, successfully test launched an M45 submarine-launched ballistic missile.[8][9]
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- ↑ "French Audit Report Reveals Weapon Prices, A400M Details". 18 February 2010. http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/feature/112431/french-auditor-reveals-weapon-prices%2C-a400m-details.html. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ "Examination of the Proposed Conversion of the U.S. Navy Nuclear Fleet from Highly Enriched Uranium to Low Enriched Uranium". https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/18321557.pdf.
- ↑ "AFP: La marine française met un quatrième sous-marin nucléaire en service". https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hPNTG39EL3N7-Bv8jvy_xmpoUCpg?docId=CNG.40a5a56e8c66c6963f77af98efdaccc7.11.
- ↑ "IA M51 : Chape de plomb sur le nucléaire". Mer et Marine. 4 October 2010. http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=114121.
- ↑ Kristensen, Hans. "France". Assuring Destruction Forever: Nuclear Weapon Modernization Around the World. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/publications1/Article2012_France.pdf. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ Reif, Kingston (8 December 2009). "Nuclear weapons: The modernization myth". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/nuclear-weapons-the-modernization-myth. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ Mizokami, Kyle (12 April 2018). "France Has Lots of Nuclear Weapons (That Could Kill Millions of People)". https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/france-has-lots-nuclear-weapons-could-kill-millions-people-25358. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ↑ Norris, Robert S.; Arkin, William M.; Kristensen, Hans M.; Handler, Joshua (1 July 2001). "French Nuclear Forces, 2001". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76627280.html. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ↑ "Final French Navy SSBN 'Le Temeraire' Upgraded for M51 SLBM". Navy Recognition. 18 August 2018. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2018/august-2018-navy-naval-defense-news/6434-final-french-navy-ssbn-le-temeraire-upgraded-for-m51-slbm.html. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
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