Île Longue

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Île Longue is a heavily fortified French naval base on the Atlantic coast that serves as the main home port for France’s nuclear ballistic missile submarine fleet.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Île Longue canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military installation ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
submarine base ⓘ
access highly restricted ⓘ
controlledBy French Ministry of Armed Forces ⓘ
country France ⓘ
garrison Force océanique stratégique personnel ⓘ
French Navy personnel ⓘ
hasFeature coastal defenses ⓘ
command and control facilities ⓘ
heavily fortified perimeter ⓘ
missile storage bunkers ⓘ
protected deep-water berths ⓘ
restricted military zone ⓘ
security fences ⓘ
submarine pens ⓘ
surveillance systems ⓘ
warhead storage facilities ⓘ
hasInfrastructure ammunition depots ⓘ
harbor protection systems ⓘ
logistics warehouses ⓘ
missile loading facilities ⓘ
nuclear support facilities ⓘ
submarine dry docks ⓘ
homePortOf Force océanique stratégique ⓘ
French Navy SSBN fleet ⓘ
locatedIn Brittany ⓘ
Finistère ⓘ
locatedInBay Rade de Brest ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Roadstead of Brest ⓘ
locatedNear Brest ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic coast of France ⓘ
nearbyCity Brest ⓘ
operator French Navy ⓘ
partOf Brest naval base complex ⓘ
linked to: Brest naval base

French nuclear deterrent infrastructure ⓘ
primaryFunction home port for nuclear ballistic missile submarines ⓘ
support base for French strategic oceanic force ⓘ
securityClassification high security military site ⓘ
strategicRole permanent at-sea deterrent support ⓘ
sea-based component of French nuclear triad ⓘ
usedBy French strategic submarine force ⓘ
Le Triomphant-class submarines ⓘ
usedFor arming of nuclear ballistic missile submarines ⓘ
maintenance of nuclear ballistic missile submarines ⓘ
refuelling of nuclear ballistic missile submarines ⓘ
storage of strategic nuclear warheads ⓘ
storage of submarine-launched ballistic missiles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rade de Brest → hasIsland → Île Longue ⓘ
Brest roadstead → near → Île Longue ⓘ
Roadstead of Brest → hasIsland → Île Longue ⓘ
Pointe des Espagnols → hasViewOf → Île Longue ⓘ
Le Redoutable → homePort → Île Longue ⓘ
subject linked to: S611
FOST → headquartersLocation → Île Longue ⓘ
Île Longue naval base → locatedIn → Île Longue ⓘ