Scorpene
A new benchmark for performance
Virtually undetectable, the Scorpene-class submarine patrols the sea at depths of 350m, traveling at high speed for long periods of time while remaining perfectly aware of everything around it.
The modular nature of its design makes it as easy to tailor the submarine to customers’ requirements as to include the latest technological innovations to maintain its operational superiority.
A jewel of high technology
The Scorpène, the most recent addition to DCNS’s range of conventional ocean-going submarines, has already won over the Chilean, Malaysian and Indian navies. There is nothing surprising about this choice when you consider its key advantages. It is capable of carrying out all types of mission imaginable for a submarine; it can hunt down other submarines, deliver commandoes to their destination or launch strikes from deep under the sea. Equipped to order with the MESMA air-independent propulsion system, it can remain submerged for periods in excess of 3 weeks.
Other key advantages distinguish the Scorpène-class submarine from the competitors: its high degree of security and reliability, its efficient combat system that allows it to compile information from all types of sensors and to use all types of weapons, its ability to communicate when submerged, its smaller crew requirements, etc.
The Scorpène heralds in the dawn of a new era for “conventional” deterrence. Its superiority resides in part in its acoustic advantage resulting from the combination of extreme acoustic discretion with a high-speed submarine detection capacity thanks to its unparalleled sonar suite.
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- Crew:
- 66 -76 m
- 1550 – 1850 metric tons
- 1790 – 2010 metric tons
- > 20 knots
- > 3 weeks
- > 350 m
- up to 70 days
- 31 members
