The SMX-51 is a French air-independant submarine that is designed to operate in shallow water and carry out covert operations. Its armed with both F21 torpedos and SCAPLE land attack missiles, can deploy combat swimmers, drones, sea mines using three drydock hatches. Its also equipped with six rear anti-torpedo tubes which fire decoys, noisemakers, or torpedo interceptors. Sonar systems include 360/side high resolution scanning sonars, and data exchange capabilities. The Swordfish is powered by a seawater fueled AIP generator which uses a small nuclear battery to power compressed hydrogen and oxgen extraction, the ship scrubs CO2 from the crews breath and produces air/water for them to consume, only food is required which is still brough onboard. The full system allows the ship to remain underwater for up to 90 days and able to travel up to 3800 miles without surfacing giving it nearly the same perfomance as a larger nuclear submarine.
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