Submarine Proliferation

Le Triomphant
Displacement, metric tons:
12,640 surfaced14,335 submerged
Dimensions, ft (m):
453 × 41 × 41 (138 × 12.5 × 2.5)
Main machinery:
Nuclear
Speed, knots:
25 submerged
Complement:
111 (including 15 officers)
Diving depth, ft (m):
1,640 (500)
Endurance:
Not available
Weapons:
16 M45/TN75 SLBMs with six 150 kt warheads, to be replaced by M51/TN75 SLBM with larger range and four warheads; 18 SSMs and torpedoes in four 21" (533 mm) tubes
Comments:
Le Terrible, currently under construction at Cherbourg, will be equipped with a new combat system, the Sycobs, and will receive a new SLBM, the M51. It is the first submarine entirely designed through the use of computer-assisted design (CAD), and is expected to cost € 1.52 billion. http://www.nti.org/db/submarines/france/index.html