The M-4 was a French Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) deployed on the nuclear Redoutable class submarines (except the Redoutable herself, which was not reffited) A Minuteman III missile soars after a test launch. ... EADS SPACE Transportation (acronym: EADS-ST) was formed in June 2003 from the Space Infrastructure division of Astrium (whose core was originally ERNO) and the EADS Launch Vehicles division (formerly Aerospatiales Space division). ... The Space Shuttle Columbia is initially launched using solid-fuel boosters Solid rockets are rockets with a motor that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer). ... KG, Kg or kg may indicate: A Kampfgeschwader, a bomber squadron of the former German Luftwaffe Basketball Player Kevin Garnett An abbreviation for kilogram (always kg) Knight of the Garter, a British decoration Kongo language (ISO 639 alpha-2) An abbreviation for konig or king Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan) [1... LInflexible is the 6th and last of the Redoutable class SNLE (Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur dEngins, Nuclear Vehicle-Launching Submarine). Construction began on March 27, 1980; launched on June 23, 1982, it was comissionned on April 1, 1985. ... Submarine-launched ballistic missiles or SLBMs are ballistic missiles delivering nuclear weapons that are launched from submarines. ... The Redoutable class submarine is a ballistic missile (SSBN) class, Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur dEngins (SNLE), of the Marine Nationale , the oceanic part (Force Océanique Stratégique (FOST)) of the Force de frappe. ...
They entered service on the 1 May1985. They were the French MIRV-capable nuclear missiles, with six 150 kilotonne warheads. May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Strictly, a kilotonne is a thousand tonnes, as distinct from a kiloton - a thousand imperial tons. ...
They were replaced by the improved M45_SLBM missile which is currently in active service abord the Triomphant class submarines. The M45 SLBM is the French Navys submarine launched ballistic missile. ...
In March 1986, a M-4 missile was launched and covered 6,000 km to its target; this flight is rumoured to have been the first test flight for the M-45.
On the night of the 1-2 June 2004, the Triomphant class submarine Vigilant fired a version of the M45 from the southern part of Brittany; the missile hit its target near French Guiana.
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