Nuclear Restraint: France has tested a ballistic missile of a long range
The nuclear warhead rocket was launched from the French Army landfill in the southwest of the country and landed in the North Atlantic, "hundreds of kilometers from any coastline. " Other details of the test in the ministry were not reported. "This test launch has made it possible to confirm the significant improvement of the rocket, which will strengthen the confidence in the possibilities of nuclear deterrent to France in the coming decades," the France's Ministry of Defense said.
The Defense Ministry also stressed that maintaining the operational reliability of France's nuclear weapons is necessary in view of the international situation. The M51. 3 rocket is a modernized version of the M51, a three-stage strategic ballistic missile type "More-Earth" designed to launch from the submarines of the Navy of France. For the first time, the M51 was tested from the 2006 ground base, and from the submarine - in 2010, in the year of its commissioning. The new M51.
3 rocket, which is expected, will be armed with approximately 2025, developed by the Airiegroup Aeracosmic firm, Airbus joint venture, and the French Safran defense group. We will remind, after the start of a full -scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine in February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened the West that he would be ready to use nuclear weapons to protect Russia. According to the creators, the Avangard missile has neither analogues nor counteraction around the world.