Everything about The M51 Slbm totally explained
The
M51 SLBM is the
French Navy's future
submarine launched ballistic missile, designed to replace the
M45 SLBM (In French terminology the MSBS -
Mer-Sol-Balistique-Stratégique “Sea-ground-Strategic ballistic”).
Each missile carries six
independently targetable TN 75 thermonuclear warheads.
The three-stage engine of the M51 is directly derived from the propellant boosters of
Ariane 5.
The missiles are a compromise over the
M5 SLBM design, which is to have a range of 11,000 km (6,200 miles) and carry 10
TNO MIRV of the new generation (
Tête Nucléaire Océanique, “Oceanic nuclear warhead”). The M51 will enter service in
2010.
Flight tests
The M51 performed its first flight test (unarmed) on the
9 November 2006 from the French missile
flight test centre in
Biscarrosse (
Landes). The target was reached twenty minutes later, in the north-west of the Atlantic Ocean.
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A second successful test was carried out on the
21 June 2007 (External Link
).
Operators
- : The French Navy expects to have the M51 enter service in 2010, and will be the only operator of the missile.
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