France test-fires submarine-launched missile

France test-fires submarine-launched missile
by Staff Writers
Paris (AFP) Jan 27, 2010

The M51 has a range of 8,000 kilometres (5,000 miles).

France successfully test-fired on Wednesday its new M51 strategic missile from a nuclear submarine, the first test at sea after three land-based firings, the defence ministry said.

France's newest strategic nuclear submarine "Le Terrible" launched the test at 9:25 am (0825 GMT) from the Audierne Bay in the Atlantic and "everything went as planned" said a statement from the defence ministry.

The M51 has a range of 8,000 kilometres (5,000 miles) and enjoys better accuracy than the current M45 ballistic missile carried by France's four nuclear-armed submarines.

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