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Meet France’s New “M51.3” Nuclear Missile
France’s new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is the latest upgrade in its line of M51 missiles—extending its ...
EADaily, October 29th, 2025. The French Ministry of Defense announced the day before, on October 28, the completion of work on the modernization of the submarine-launched ballistic missile M51. The ...
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France Just Fired Its New Nuclear Cruise Missile from a Carrier-Capable Jet
The ASMPA-R missile was fired by a French Navy Dassault Rafale FR3 M fighter jet. The aircraft took off from the Landivisiau ...
French president Emmanuel Macron speaks to the crew of the submarine "Le Terrible" from the operations center of the vessel. (Fred Tanneau/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) PARIS — France introduced a ...
The French government has declared the latest iteration of its M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile is ready to enter operational service. The ArianeGroup-made M51.3 formally reached the milestone ...
Missiles are back in European skies as the continent faces its biggest military buildup in decades. From France’s nuclear M51 and ASMP-A to Germany’s Taurus and Norway’s stealth Naval Strike Missile, ...
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