Sunshine (she/her) to [email protected] • 1 day agoFrench nuclear attack submarine surfaces at Halifax, Nova Scotia, after Trump threatens to annex Canada (March 10)lemmy.caimagemessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1759arrow-down129cross-posted to: europeanfederalists
arrow-up1730arrow-down1imageFrench nuclear attack submarine surfaces at Halifax, Nova Scotia, after Trump threatens to annex Canada (March 10)lemmy.caSunshine (she/her) to [email protected] • 1 day agomessage-square120fedilinkcross-posted to: europeanfederalists
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink28•edit-21 day agoThe 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•21 hours agoThe 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•15 hours agoThe Barracuda is (apparently) an export variant of the Suffren and is indeed a little shorter but still over 300 ft long.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•edit-21 day agoIt’s a football field, Micheal. How big could it be, a banana?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 day agoCanadian football fields are 100m, so just the right size for us!
minus-squareTroylinkfedilink3•1 day agoCFL fields are 110 yards, which is about 100m. Close enough I guess :)
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.
The previously-mentioned French article says it’s a Barracuda, but I don’t know if that’s a model or a class.
The Barracuda is (apparently) an export variant of the Suffren and is indeed a little shorter but still over 300 ft long.
perchance, banana for scale?
It’s a football field, Micheal. How big could it be, a banana?
It’s there, but hard to see.
Whollottabanana!
Canadian football fields are 100m, so just the right size for us!
CFL fields are 110 yards, which is about 100m. Close enough I guess :)