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French nuclear attack submarine surfaces at Halifax, Nova Scotia, after Trump threatens to annex Canada (March 10) (lemmy.ca)
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[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The scale of these things is always fascinating. They're always much larger than I think they are.

For reference, I think that's a Suffren class, making it just shy of 100m, or a tad longer than a football field for my fellow Americans.

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

perchance, banana for scale?

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's a football field, Micheal. How big could it be, a banana?

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

It's there, but hard to see.

[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Whollottabanana!

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

The previously-mentioned French article says it's a Barracuda, but I don't know if that's a model or a class.

And unsurprisingly, he also decided to offer the Royal Canadian Navy its "premium" model, the Barracuda, rather than the Scorpène.

[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

The Barracuda is (apparently) an export variant of the Suffren and is indeed a little shorter but still over 300 ft long.

[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Canadian football fields are 100m, so just the right size for us!

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

CFL fields are 110 yards, which is about 100m. Close enough I guess :)

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