Summary and What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, while formidable, are not immune to attacks, as demonstrated by a 2015 joint exercise in which a French Rubis ...

Rubis-class boats are smaller than their NATO counterparts. In fact, a standard Rubis-class sub has a displacement of about 2,700 tons. France has always considered itself a Mediterranean power.

Summary and Key Points: In 2015, the French Rubis-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, Saphir, demonstrated its capabilities by "sinking" the USS Theodore Roosevelt, a U.S. Nimitz-class ...

The first Suffren Class attack submarine has recently begun trials. It is a thoroughly capable design which brings the French Navy closer to the U.S. and British capabilities. It will add new ...

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 ...

Journalists were granted rare access to one of France’s Rubis-class nuclear-powered submarines as it was being readied for sea in the naval dockyards in Toulon. The French navy’s fleet of ...

Journalists were granted rare access to one of France’s Rubis-class nuclear-powered submarines as it was being readied for sea in the naval dockyards in Toulon. The French navy’s fleet of ...