Event Brief
French Saphir submarine slipped past USS Theodore Roosevelt screen
Filed: Jun 02, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
Summary: In early 2015, the French nuclear attack submarine Saphir threaded through the USS Theodore Roosevelt’s screening and “sank” it in a war game.
WHO: French nuclear attack submarine Saphir
WHAT: Saphir slipped undetected through destroyers, cruisers, and helicopters screening the USS Theodore Roosevelt and fired simulated torpedoes to “sink” the carrier in a war game
WHEN: Jun 02, 2026 at 11:49 AM ET
WHERE: Off Florida
WHY: It occurred during a war game exercise in which Saphir was able to evade the carrier’s screening forces
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