Saturday, May 5, 2018

There Are 72 Submarines In The European Union

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Naval Analysis: The submarines of the European Union in 2018

This is another article about submarines. This time, I depict all The submarines of the European Union in 2018, in a single image! After the recent graphics, where all the submarine classes of China, United States of America and Russia are illustrated in single images, I thought it was a good idea to present the whole (honestly impressive) undersea fleet of the European Union. Note though that the military forces of European Union are not integrated and thus there is not a single European Navy from the members of the European Union. However, in March 2017, the European Union approved a new military command center for foreign training missions after Britain dropped its opposition (which was the main obstacle), the latest step in EU efforts to integrate its military forces and defense industries.Therefore, the formation of a "EU Navy" is closer than ever.

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WNU Editor: In short ....

.... The EU submarine fleet consists of 71 boats of which eight (8) are nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), 13 nuclear-powered attack submarines, 50 diesel-electric submarines (SSK) of which SSK the 22 are equipped with air-independent propulsion system (AIP). There 22 classes in commission (some of them are actually are variants of basic submarine types such as Type 214 and Type 212).

1 comment:

jac said...

That's strange to count the British Navy with the European one....At least that's not for long.