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Military


Barracuda


Specifications
Features
  • Naval Cruise Missiles
  • Deployment of Combat Swimmers
  • Next-Generation Combat System
  • Enhanced Communication with Surface Buildings
  • Improved Speed, Maneuverability and Discretion
  • Autonomy and Deployment Capability far away
    • BuilderDCN
    Master of the overall contractor Naval Group (14,860 employees, 10 sites in France), set designer, responsible for the ship and its combat system, and manufacturer of the main components of the nuclear boiler industry
    Master of nuclear boiler TechnicAtome (1,500 employees, 8 sites in France)
    Major other OEMs MBDA, Thales, Safran, Jeumont, Schneider, MAN Diesel and Turbo, FAPMO-More than 100 subcontractors, including a large number of SMEs, involved in the program, in France and Europe
    Power Plant1 x K5 Nuclear Reactor pressurized water nuclear reactor derived from the K15 type SNLE-type boilers Le Triomphant
    Length99.5 meters
    Beam8.8 meters
    Displacement, surfaced4,600-4,765 metric tons
    Displacement, Submerged: 5,300 tons
    Draft, Surface 7.3 m
    Height of the wheelhouse 15.7 m
    Speed25+ knots
    Operating Depth>350 meters
    Limit400 m;
    Autonomy70 days
    Availability 270 days per year
    Crew2 crews of 60
    63 people including 12 Officers
    + 10 passengers (commandos, personnel-in-training)
    Armament Naval cruise missile (missile de croisière naval (MdCN)) based on Air Force SCALP EG.
    F21 Future heavy torpedo (FTL) filo-guided heavy torpedoes
    SM 39 modernized Exocet anti-ship missile
    FG 29 mine mooring capability



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