L'Inflexible
L'Inflexible (S 615)
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| Ship type : | Submarine ( SNLE ) |
| Ship class : | L'Inflexible class |
| Navy : | French Navy |
| Keel laying : | March 27, 1980 |
| Launch : | June 23, 1982 |
| Commissioning: | April 1, 1985 |
| Builder : | DCN ( Cherbourg ) |
| Home port : | Brest |
| Whereabouts: | Shut down in 2006 . |
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| Technical data Differences to the redoutable class |
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| Ballistic missiles : | 16 * M 45 MSBS |
The L'Inflexible (S615) was a strategic nuclear submarine of the French Navy . The submarine was a transitional construction from the Redoutable class to the Triomphant class and is the only submarine of the L'Inflexible class .
The L'Inflexible , armed with 16 ballistic nuclear missiles , was deployed by the French nuclear forces between 1985 and 2006 .
Details
The L'Inflexible (S615) was ordered in September 1978. Outwardly, it was almost indistinguishable from the older Redoutable class boats . In contrast to its five predecessors, the L'Inflexible was armed with the much heavier M 4 missiles. The missiles had a range 900 km longer than the previously used M 20 . The decisive innovation in missile armament was that the M 4 no longer carried just one warhead , but were equipped with a multiple warhead , each with six autonomous warheads of 150 kT each. Furthermore, the electronics and the drive were more modern.
After the introduction of the L'Inflexible , all older boats of the Redoutable class except for Le Redoutable (S 611) were modernized accordingly and also armed with M 4 missiles .
| boat | Combat value increase to the level of L'Inflexible |
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| Le Tonnant (S 614) | 1987 |
| L'Indomptable (S 613) | 1989 |
| Le Terrible (S 612) | 1990 |
| Le Foudroyant (S 610) | 1993 |
In April 2001, L'Inflexible successfully launched an M 45 rocket . The M 45 represent an intermediate step to the M 51 missiles under development . They have new warheads with stealth properties , higher penetration speed and improved resistance to EMP . The Triomphant-class submarines are currently equipped with M 45 missiles .
Until it was decommissioned in 2006, the L'Inflexible (S 615) was also armed with M 45 missiles .
See also
literature
- Chris Chant: Modern Submarines Engineering Tactics Armament . 1st edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-7276-7150-5 .
- Robert Hutchinson: FIGHT UNDER WATER - Submarines from 1776 to the present day . 1st edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02585-X .
- Werner Globke (Ed.): Weyers Flottentaschenbuch / Warships of the World - Fleet Handbook . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn, 66th year 2005–2007, ISBN 3-7637-4517-3 .
Web links
- waffen-der-welt.alices-world.de (information about the nuclear missiles)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The L'Inflexible (S 615) is a transition construction between the Le Redoutable class and the Triomphant class . She is the only boat in the L'Inflexible class .