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M45 SLBM - Definition and Overview

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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)

Each missile carries six independently targetable TN-75 thermonuclear warheads.

The missiles, developed from the M4 is produced by Aerospatiale (now EADS Space Transportation.)

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