1993年10月下水的法国第二代弹道导弹核潜艇“凯旋”号采用了许多当代的先进技术,使其噪声极低,成为最难探测到的潜艇。打个形象的比喻,“凯旋”号的噪声水平好比小汽车,其它国家的新型弹道导弹核潜艇则犹如直升机。不仅如此,该艇航速也比其它导弹核潜艇快25％,并且更轻、更紧凑。由于它采用了最先进的计算机技术,艇员由通常需要的135名减至111名。 The French second generation ballistic missile submarine “Triumph”, launched in October 1993, uses many contemporary advanced technologies to make it extremely quiet and the most difficult to detect submarines. To make an image analogy, “Triumph” noise level is like a car, other countries, the new ballistic missile submarine is like a helicopter. Not only that, the boat is 25% faster and lighter and more compact than other missile submarines. Owing to its state-of-the-art computer technology, the number of crew members has been reduced from 135, which is normally required, to 111.