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 Submarine - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Submarines at periscope depth in clear water during the daytime are more easily detectable by aircraft that are directly overhead.
Submarines did not have a major impact on the outcome of the war, but did portend their coming importance to naval warfare and increased interest in their use in naval warfare.
Submarines are popular subjects for films due to the danger, drama and claustrophobia of being on a submarine, and the suspense of the cat-and-mouse game of submarine or anti-submarine warfare.
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 Submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Military submarines are generally divided into attack submarines, designed to operate against enemy ships, including other submarines, in a hunter-killer role, or strategic ballistic-missile submarines, designed to launch attacks on land-based targets from a position of stealth, also known as "boomers" in the United States Navy or "bombers" in the Royal Navy.
Midget submarines were used for sabotage and espionage, especially by the Japanese and British navies; for instance five were used by Japan in its attack on Pearl Harbor.
Submarines designed for the purpose of attacking merchant ships or other warships are known as "fast attacks", "hunter-killers", "fast boats", or "fleet submarines" (which terms are not synonyms; each is a different design for a different mission).
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 Submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In many early classes of submarines (see history), the Control Room, or "Conn", was located inside this tower, which was known as the "conning tower".
Nordenfelt class Ottoman submarine Abdülhamid (1886) was the first submarine in history to fire a torpedo while submerged under water.
Where Japan had the finest submarine torpedoes of the war, the USN had perhaps the worst, the Mark 14 steam torpedo, with a Mk 6 magnetic influence exploder and a Mk 5 contact exploder, neither of which was reliable.
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 History and Development of the Submarine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Thus, submarines are able to control their buoyancy by regulating the amount of water in their ballast tanks.
Victor III was the first class of Russian submarine to be built with this new mentality, armed with torpedoes, subrocs, cruise and supersonic missiles they posed a significant threat to NATO sea power.
Graney class submarines continue its design and are respected as some of the finest submarines in the world.
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 Submarine information - Search.com
Military submarines are used by all major navies today, extensively in the case of US and Russian, and were first actively used in the First World War.
The largest Atlantis-class submarine of its fleet, launched in 1994, can carry 64 passengers and 3 crew (two guides and a pilot) to 150 feet (50 m) deep (this depth is set by the state) off the shores of the island of O'ahu in Hawai'i.
The Victor III was the first class of Soviet submarines to be built with this new capability; armed with torpedoes, SUBROCs, and cruise missiles, they posed a more significant threat to NATO sea power.
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 The Ultimate SSBN - American History Information Guide and Reference
SSBN is the United States Navy Hull classification symbol for a fleet ballistic nuclear missile submarine.
The SS denotes a submarine, the B denotes ballistic missile capability, and the N denotes nuclear power.
It differs from SSN, the fast attack submarine in that the primary mission of the SSBN is nuclear deterrence while the SSN is primarily a hunter/killer.
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 NTI: Submarine: France Capabilities
The French submarine fleet consists of nuclear-propelled attack (SSNs) and ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs).
The class will be gradually decommissioned by 2012, and replaced with the newly developed Barracuda-class attack submarines, which are to begin entering service in 2010.
This material is produced independently for NTI by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents.
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 Le Redoutable class submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Redoutable class submarine is a ballistic missile submarine class of the French Marine Nationale, the oceanic part (Force Océanique Stratégique, FOST) of the Force de frappe.
Later submarines were very heavily upgraded from 1985 to fire the 2nd generation MIRV capable M4 missile - Le Tonnant was recommissioned in 1987; L'Indomptable in 1989; Le Terrible in 1990; and Le Foudroyant in 1993.
Comparison of different nuclear systems: left, the SNLE (Le Redoutable type) with the M4 missile; right, the SNLE-NG (Le Triomphant type) with the present M45 missile and the future M51 missile.
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 Le Triomphant SNLE - France Nuclear Forces
During the design of the Le Triomphant, studies were carried out in order to limit the sound sources and the vibrations of many elements, as well on the level of the hull and the engine as to that of the 750,000 embarked apparatuses and the 50 km pipings conveying the fluids on board.
With the origin and before their recasting, it was necessary to the SNLE of the old generation to return in the vicinity of surface, with regular intervals, to readjust their equipment of navigation on the stars, the satellites, or the radioelectric signals of station to ground.
The qualities of the system of combat of the submarine and very thorough automation made it possible to reduce the crew from 130 to 111 men, but more especially to increase the reliability of the vehicle by giving again with the man his place: that of that which monitors the machine.
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 M4 - SLBM
The M-4 is an intermediate range, SLBM (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile) with MIRV (Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle) capability.
The M-4 missile system was deployed on the Redoutable class submarine force forming France's Strategic Ocean Force (FOST) before being replaced by the M-45.
On the night of the 1-2 June 2004, the Triomphant class submarine Le Vigilant fired a M-45 from south of Brittany.
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 wrecks france protee submarine
The Protèe was an old French submarine of the Redoutable class: she was built in La Seyne s/m by F.and Ch.
The Protèe was seized and disarmed by the Royal Navy and interned at Alexandria (Egypt) on June 22, 1940.
The aircraft bombed the submarine: the Protèe was hit and sank rapidly.
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 Le Triomphant class submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Triomphant class of strategic missile submarines of the French Navy are currently being introduced into service to provide the sea based component of the French nuclear deterrent or Force de frappe, with the M45 SLBM.
They are roughly 1000 (one thousand) times quieter than the Redoutable-class vessels, and 10 times more sensitive in detecting other submarines [1].
They are designed to carry the M51 nuclear missile, which should enter active service around 2010.
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 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Redoutable class Submarines
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