M45 SLBM
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| M45 SLBM | |
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| Function | ICBM |
| Contractor | EADS SPACE Transportation |
| Unit cost | |
| Deployment | 1996 |
| General Characteristics | |
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| Range | 6,000 km |
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| Warhead | 6 x 100 Kt TN 75 |
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| 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.)
