The French Navy’s new nuclear attack submarine is versatile, mobile, enduring and quick to deploy. Missions: all areas of warfare, support for deterrence, deep strikes, extended area surveillance, deployment with a naval aircraft force, cooperation within coalitions, special forces.
Among their missions, the Barracuda-class submarines participate in the support of the Ship Subsurface Ballistic Nuclear (SSBNs) submarines of the Strategic Oceanic Force (Force Océanique Stratégique - FOST). In particular, they will help to create a veritable sanctuary for incoming and outgoing SSBN patrols.
