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Encyclopedia > M45 SLBM
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M45 SLBM
Function ICBM
Contractor EADS SPACE Transportation
Unit cost
Deployment {{{Deployment }}}
General Characteristics
Engine
Launch mass
Length
Diameter
Wing span
Speed
Range 6,000 km
Flying altitude
Warhead 6 x 100 Kt TN 75
Guidance
Fuzes
Launch platform Triomphant class submarines

The M45 SLBM is the French Navy's submarine launched ballistic missile. In French terminology the MSBS - Mer-Sol-Balistique-Strategique (Sea-ground-Strategic ballistic missile) 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 Triomphant class of strategic missile submarines of the French Navy are currently being introduced into service to provide the sea based component of the French nuclear deterrent or Force de frappe, with the M45 SLBM. They are replacing the Redoutable-class boats. ... Submarine-launched ballistic missiles or SLBMs are ballistic missiles delivering nuclear weapons that are launched from submarines. ...


Each missile carries six independently targetable TN-75 thermonuclear warheads. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...


The missiles, developed from the M4 is produced by Aerospatiale (now EADS SPACE Transportation.) The Aerospatiale Corvette first flew in 1970 and went into service in 1974. ... 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). ...


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M45 Slbm (280 words)
The M45 SLBM is the current standard French Navy's submarine launched ballistic missile (In French terminology the MSBS - ''Mer-Sol-Ballistique-Stratégique'' (Sea-ground-Strategic ballistic missile).
Around 200 M45 are in commission in the FOST, the submarine nuclear deterrent component of the French Navy.
The M45 differs from its predecessor by its increased range (6000 km vs. 4000 km), its increased accuracy and penetration capabilities and its new TN-75 warheads.
Submarine-launched ballistic missile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (420 words)
These and other early SLBM systems required vessels to be surfaced when they fired missiles, but after World War 2, launch systems were quickly adapted to allow underwater launching.
In September of 1955, the Soviet Union was the first country in the world to launch a ballistic missile from a submarine.
Montage of the launch of a Trident C4 SLBM and the paths of its reentry vehicles.
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