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French Naval Projects
Topic Started: May 1 2010, 07:36 PM (306 Views)
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I have a nuclear powered carrier, do you?
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OOC: I ripped these off from someone else at GPRP, though they were French :D

IC:
Following years of disputes over a second aircraft carrier for the French Navy, the Government today offered the contract to a partnership between DCNS and Thales Group to build and design a Nuclear Powered Supercarrier.

Displacement: 75,000 tons full load
Length: 283 m overall
Beam: 73 m overall
Draft: 11.5 m
Propulsion: 2 × K16 pressurised water reactors (PWR), 160 MW each
4 × diesel-electric
2 × shafts
4 diesel-electric
2 shafts
Speed: 30 knots
Range: Essentially Unlimited
Complement: Ship's Company: 1,000
Air Wing: 650
Sensors and processing systems: Héracles air search and target acquisition radar
Armament: Two 8 cell SYLVER launchers carrying the MBDA Aster 15 surface to air missile.
Giat 20F2 20 mm cannons.
Aircraft carried: 54 aircraft, including:
*40 Rafale
*3 E-2C Hawkeyes
*5 NH-90 helicopters

The French Navy has released plans for a new class of 2nd Class Frigates to replace the Floréal Class.

Specifications

Displacement: 5,000 tonnes
Length: 136.0m
Beam: 16.44m
Draft: 4.7m
Propulsion: CODOG
Speed: 32 Knots
Range: 8,000 km
Complement: 220 Crew and up to 15 Airmen

Sensors and Processing System:
1× firing control radar for the 100 mm gun
1 x Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar
1 x Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band)
1 x Thales Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system
2× Dagaie Mk2 chaff launcher
1× AN/SLQ-25 Nixie tugged noise maker
1× Prairie-Masker noise reduction system
1× Syracuse II
1× Inmarsat
Electronic warfare and decoys: 1 FL 1800 S II ECM suite
6 Sippican Hycor SRBOC launcher
Armament: 1× 100 mm TR automatic gun
4 x 20 mm modèle F2 gun
2 x Crotale CN2 launcher (8 missiles on each launcher with 24 reload)
1 x Sylver launcher (24 Missiles)
12 × Exocet MM40 block III missiles
2 x 2 triple torpedo launchers with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes
Aircraft Carried: 2 x NH90


OOC AGAIN: There was some controversy over this at the old GPRP thread here: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Geo_Political_RP/topic/2100684/1/#new
THE FIFTH REPUBLIC OF FRANCE
PRESIDENT: NICOLAS SARZOKY
PRIME MINISTER: FRANCOIS FILLON
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