Once again, the oceans beckon for France’s veteran nuclear-powered attack submarines.
The Associated Press got rare access aboard a French navy Rubis-class submarine as it was being readied for another mission in sprawling naval dockyards in the Mediterranean port of Toulon. France’s fleets of nuclear-powered submarines are shrouded in secrecy. The French military would not allow this submarine to be identified by name.
France has four of those. On its upcoming mission, this submarine will be escorting France’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier as it takes part in an operation in the Mediterranean with the NATO military alliance. The French carrier strike group will be under direct NATO command during the operation, which is a first. Cmdr. Manuel Bienvenu, the submarine’s chief officer, said his vessel will soon be leaving port to join the strike force.
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