Complement 27 Builder DCNS | Length 109 m | |
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Displacement 2,850 tonnes surfaced
4,560 tonnes submerged Speed 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) surfaced
10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) fully submerged Armament 16 × multi-function missiles
4 × torpedo tubes | ||
SMX-25 (the informal name of a diving frigate) is a 21st-century gun-ship being developed by the French ship building company, DCNS. It is a hybrid between a surface ship and a submarine.
It is 110 metres long and displaces 3000 tons. The submerged body is an elongated knife-like form, optimized for high speed when moving on the surface. Its main feature is the ability to quickly travel to distant places and then strike from under water. SMX-25 is to be armed with 16 multi-function missiles, capable of striking submarine and surface targets with four torpedo tubes. The ship, which looks like a spindle with a massive superstructure, will be automated. One version of the ship will implement stealth technology to enable it to carry out reconnaissance and insert sabotage groups of up to spec-ops.
link to untranslated Russian Wikipedia article- https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMX-25
