Le_Terrible_(S_619)

French submarine <i>Le Terrible</i> (S619)

French submarine Le Terrible (S619)

Ballistic missile submarine

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Le Terrible.

Le Terrible is a Triomphant-class strategic nuclear submarine of the French Navy. The boat was launched on 21 March 2008 [8]

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On 27 January 2010, Le Terrible launched an M51 SLBM from underwater in Audierne Bay.[9] The missile reached its target 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) off North Carolina; the 4,500-kilometre (2,800 mi) flight took about 20 minutes.[10]

The submarine was put into service on 20 September 2010 armed with 16 M51 missiles.[2] Terrible is fitted with a new SYCOBS combat system (SYstem de COmbat Barracuda-SSBN) which will also be installed on the new Barracuda class SSNs.[11][12]

In July 2017 French president Emmanuel Macron visited the submarine in the Atlantic and took part in a simulated missile launch.[13]

See also

Sources and references

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    "AFP: La marine française met un quatrième sous-marin nucléaire en service". Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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    "IA M51 : Chape de plomb sur le nucléaire". Mer et Marine. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
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    Reif, Kingston (8 December 2009). "Nuclear weapons: The modernization myth". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
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    "Sous-marin nucléaire lanceur d'engins Le Terrible". netmarine.net. 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  9. [9]
    Un missile M-51 a été tiré depuis un sous-marin en plongée ce matin Archived 2014-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, Jean-Dominique Merchet, Libération
  10. [10]
    Le missile M-51 est retombé à 2000 kilomètres des côtes américaines Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine, Jean-Dominique Merchet, Libération
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    "Thales Underwater Systems Awarded French SSBN Sonar System Contract".
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    "Noticiarionaval: Un nouveau sous-marin géant sort des chantiers de Cherbourg". 2008.
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    "Emmanuel Macron aboard France's nuclear submarine". BBC News. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.



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