| Specifications |
| Displacement, tons |
8080 surfaced; 8920 dived |
| LENGTH |
422.1 (128.7 meters) |
| BEAM |
34.8 (10.6 meters) |
| DRAUGHT |
32.8 (10 meters) |
| Main machinery |
Nuclear; turbo-electric; 1 PWR;2 turboalternators;
1 Jeumont Schneider motor; 16000 hp(m) (11.76 MW);
twin SEMT-Pielstick/Jeumont Schneider 8 PA4 V 185 SM diesel-electric auxiliary propulsion; 1.5 MW;
1 emergency motor;
1 shaft
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| Speed, knots |
25 dived; 20 surfaced |
| Range, miles |
5000 at 4 kts on auxiliary propulsion only |
| Diving depth |
250 m (820 ft) approx. |
| Complement |
114 (14 officers) (2 crews)
125 (15 officers, 101 petty officers, 9 quartermasters and sailors (L'inflexible)) |
| Missiles |
SLBM: 16 Aerospatiale M-45; three stage solid fuel rockets; inertial guidance to 5300 km (2860 nm); thermonuclear warhead with 6 MRV
each of 150 kT. |
| SSM |
Aerospatiale SM 39 Exocet; launched from 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; inertial cruise; active radar homing to 50 km (27 nm) at 0.9 Mach;
warhead 165 kg (to be carried in all in due course). |
| Torpedoes |
4 - 21 in (533 mm) tubes. total of 18 torpedoes and SSM carried in a mixed load.
ECAN L5 Mod 3; dual purpose; active/passive homing to 9.5 km (5.1 nm) at 35 kts; warhead 150 kg; depth to 550 m (1800 ft); and
ECAN F17 Mod 2; wire-guided; active/passive homing to 20 km (10.8 nm) at 40 kts; warhead 250 kg; depth 600 m (1970 ft);
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| Countermeasures |
ESM: Thomson-CSF ARUR 13/DR 3000U; intercept.
ARUR-12A (L'Inflexible) |
| Weapons control |
SAD (Systeme d'Armes de Dissuasion) data system (for SLBMs);
SAT (Systeme d'Armes Tactique) and DLA 1A weapon control system (for SSM and torpedoes).
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| Radars |
Navigation: Thomson-CSF DRUA 33; I band. |
| Sonars |
Thomson Sintra DSUX 21 `multi-function' passive bow and flank arrays.
DUUX 5; passive ranging and intercept; low frequency.
DSUV 61B; towed array.
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