SNLE Le Terrible submarine

Le Terrible, the fourth and last in the series of nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines in the Le Triomphant class, launched in the presence of Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic, in 2008, enters service in 2010. She has successfully demonstrated her capacity to launch the new M51 ballistic missile. The largest submarine ever built in France is the culmination of the independent development of a French nuclear deterrence capacity that first started 50 years ago.Guaranteeing the constant presence at sea of the most complex product existing in the world calls for a range of extremely special skills. Maintaining the vessel within the prescribed deadlines and at the level required for its missions represents a major commitment both by the French state and by DCNS.