As a French word, Redoutable is pronounced with little concern for the letters involved. Essentially vocalized as "hoo-doo-tab-leh", it means "formidable," which is as apt a name for a boomer as I've ...

To assist in defending distant French colonial possessions, such as Indo-China, there was launched last week at Cherbourg the super-submarine, Redoutable. Mounting 10 torpedo tubes, a heavy gun, an ...