At The Shipyard DCNS Has Begun Assembling The Body Second-class Submarines "Barracuda"

At the shipyard DCNS works on unification first hull sections multipurpose nuclear submarine "Dyuge-Truin." This is the second-class submarine, "Barracuda."

Combined section hull number 12 and number 13, which are designed to accommodate the submarine control rooms.

Of the 21 sections of submarines currently completed assembly of ten, eight sections are under construction. Assembling the Corps will continue until early 2013.

The initial contract for development and production of class submarines "Barracuda" worth 1.4 billion euros of Defense of France signed a shipbuilding group DCNS and the company "Areva TA» December 23, 2006. Overall, the program provides for the transfer of the Navy from 2017 to 2028 years. six submarines worth about 7.87 billion euros.

Agreement worth 1.4 billion euros includes the construction and operational support during the first years of service leading submarine series "Syufren" and has five options.

The ceremony of cutting steel for the nuclear submarine "Syufren" was held at the shipyard company DCNS in Cherbourg in December 2007.

Contracts for delivery of the second submarine Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) French Defense Ministry has signed with DCNS and "Areva TA» June 26, 2009. It is planned that the supply of nuclear submarine "Dyuge-Truin" French Navy in mid-2019.

At the end of June 2011 DGA signed with DCNS and "Areva TA» contract for construction of a third nuclear submarine "Tourville" which will put the French Navy in 2021. The following series of three nuclear submarines are to be built every two years until 2027. According to the DGA, program cost increases due to inflation.

The new submarines will replace the six-class submarine "Rubis" / "Amethyst" introduced into the French Navy in the period 1983-1993 gg. In addition to performing tasks antiship and anti-submarine warfare, submarine class "Barracuda" will provide an opportunity to strike with cruise missiles at ground targets, landing units of special operations forces and intelligence gathering.

NS "Barracuda", equipped with four silos will be from 14 to 20 units of heavy equipment: a mixed set of 533-mm heavy torpedoes F-21, anti-ship missiles SM39 «Exocet" missiles and cruise missiles, "Scalp Naval» (MdCN - Missile de Croisiere Naval).