This is a discussion on S-80: The New Spanish Submarine within the Navy & Maritime forum, part of the Global Defense & Military category; S-80 Submarine
(4 units have been ordered by the Spanish Navy and are actually under construction. Another 2 units are ...
* S-81 Under construction. To be delivered in 2013
* S-82 Under construction. To be delivered in 2014
* S-83 Aproved. To be delivered in 2015
* S-84 Aproved. To be delivered in 2016
* S-85 Planned
* S-86 Planned
Last edited by Templario; April 8th, 2009 at 08:02 PM.
What do you refer to?
The S-80 submarine or the Tomahawk cruise missile?
BOTH will be delivered.
The 2 first S-80 have already been under construction since 1 year.
There are not many photos about de construction, as many systems are "secret" and it's FOBIDDEN to take pictures, but here you can see some photos when the construction started in Navantia's factories:
Of course.
They were ordered about 5 years ago, and the Pentagon said "Yes".
We want the Tactom to equip our S-80 submarines and our F-100 frigates.
The first lot is about 60 missiles.
Nice...may I ask what's a main differences with basic scorpanes..??
Well .... the main difference between S-80 and Scorpenes is that they are DIFFERENT SUBMARINES
The Scorpene was a joint-venture between Navantia and DCNS, but the S-80 is a 100% Spanish project.
The S-80 is 2426 tons of displacement whereas the Scorpene is 1668 tons of displacement.
Therefore a S-80 is over 45 % bigger than a Scorpene.
Maybe they have some external similarities, in the shape and so (let's remember that Scorpene was a Spanish-French project), but inside they're totally different submarines.
The S-80 has a new Hydrogen AIP reactor developed by a Spanish Company called "Abengoa".
The CIC is equiped with Spanish systems of "Sainsel" (Another Spanish Company).
Many other systems are developed by Spanish Companies and are totally different from the Scorpene ones.
Some systems are foreign, like the combat system, which is american (the same of "Los Angeles" type).
Well .... the main difference between S-80 and Scorpenes is that they are DIFFERENT SUBMARINES nfloor
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My bad
The info that i have seems indicated than S 80 is modified scorpene..
But from what you show than the differences quite significance.. I thought the case between the scorpene and S 80 is like brazilian tupi with 209.
My bad
The info that i have seems indicated than S 80 is modified scorpene..
But from what you show than the differences quite significance.. I thought the case between the scorpene and S 80 is like brazilian tupi with 209.
Thanks for the clarification
But my dear friend, the S-80 is not a Scorpene modification.
The S-80 is a different submarine, with a different design and with a different program.
Maybe some of its technology is based in any Scorpene design, but it doesn't mean the S-80 is a modified Scorpene, that's a totally joke
S-80 and Scorpene are different programs.
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Originally Posted by macman
A few questions...
From the photo, it looks like it has 4 vertical launch tubes - is this right?
Also, any info on how many torpedo's/missiles it can carry?
Thanks.
No, it hasn't got vertical launchers. I don't know what those things exactly are, but they're not vertical launchers.
The Tomahawk missiles will be launched by the torpedo tubes.
Information about the amount of torpedos and missiles is not available yet. Some information about the submarine is secret.
I was under the impression that the current Tac-Tom could only be launched vertically? I know the UK and US are purchasing Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles from Raytheon for their 533mm torpedo tubes. One assumes the Spanish will be going for the same version.
I was under the impression that the current Tac-Tom could only be launched vertically? I know the UK and US are purchasing Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles from Raytheon for their 533mm torpedo tubes. One assumes the Spanish will be going for the same version.
Tac Tom is block 4, the Raytheon have developed a variant for torpedo tube launch which has been delivered to the RN and is now in service.
Este modelo, bautizado por su fabricante, la compañía norteamericana 'Raytheon', como el 'Tomahawk Táctico' o 'TacTom', tiene un coste estimado de unos 700.000 dólares, bastante menor que las versiones anteriores al estar dotado de un motor de propulsión más económico.
This should settle it even for people who sadly can not speak spanish
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El Sistema de Combate del Submarino S-80 incluye :
* Capacidad de lanzamiento de misiles de intervención en tierra a larga distancia.
* Sistemas de comunicaciones por satélite y enlace de datos Link, para integración en la Fuerza.
* Sensores acústicos de corto, medio y largo alcance que permitan la detección, clasificación, aproximación y ataque a unidades de superficie, submarinos y tráfico mercante, detección de minas y otros obstáculos.
* Medios de detección visuales, optrónicos (todo tiempo) y electromagnéticos que le permitan llevar a cabo, de forma discreta, la aproximación, el ataque, la evasión y las operaciones de obtención de inteligencia.
* Medios de ayuda a la navegación que permitan operar con la precisión que exigen determinados cometidos.
* Torpedos pesados de doble propósito y largo alcance, misiles antibuque y minas.
I thought that the medios electromageticos might actually be a very nice capability. From the spanish armada
We will see how good the S-80 gets..
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"The first criterioun in war remains decisive action. Everyone, from the highest commander down to the youngest soldier, must constantly be aware that inaction and neglect incriminate him more severely than any error in the choice of means.
The construction of the new spanish submarine - very nice video.
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"The first criterioun in war remains decisive action. Everyone, from the highest commander down to the youngest soldier, must constantly be aware that inaction and neglect incriminate him more severely than any error in the choice of means.
Can you point me to a source? It can of course also be in spanish
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"The first criterioun in war remains decisive action. Everyone, from the highest commander down to the youngest soldier, must constantly be aware that inaction and neglect incriminate him more severely than any error in the choice of means.
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