The French Navy broadcast online images of the torpedoing of an old ship by a new generation torpedo. The exercise took place last Saturday off the Bay of Biscay.
Published on 18/12/2024 18:31
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The power of the impact lifts the ship and cuts it in two. The French Navy released images on Wednesday, December 18 of a torpedoing of the old ship Chief Master L’Her by a nuclear attack submarine, off the Bay of Biscay. The hull of this patrol boat had previously been decontaminated. The exercise, which took place last Saturday, was carried out in almost real conditions.
The operation consisted of demonstrating a new generation heavy torpedo, the F21, which will equip Rubis and Suffren class nuclear attack submarines and ballistic missile submarines. “The French Navy successfully carried out the first firing in real conditions of the new F21 heavy torpedo: increased discretion, range, speed and targeting”, greeted on X Sébastien Lecornu, the Minister of the Armed Forces.
This campaign is part of the military programming law and aims to “high intensity preparation”reports the National Navy. “It comes as close as possible to reality, and provides unprecedented human and operational lessons,” she continues.
