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M51 SLBM
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{{Infobox_Missile|
name=M51 SLBM|
image=Missile-ballistique-M5-eclate.jpg |
Function=
ICBM|
Contractor=
EADS SPACE Transportation|
Unit_cost= 4 billion Euro|
Deployment= 2008|
Engine= three stage
solid propellant|
Launch_mass= 48,000
kilogram kg|
Length= 12.0 m|
Diameter=2.3 m |
Wing_span= |
Speed= |
Range= 8,000–10,000 km|
Flying_altitude= |
Warhead= 6
TN 75 MIRV using the 100 kt of TNT (420
terajoule TJ), with penetration aids |
Guidance=Inertial |
Fuzes= |
Launch_platform=
Triomphant class submarine ''Triomphant'' class submarines |
}}
The '''M51 SLBM''' is the future
French Navy's
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
MIRV independently targetable TN 75 Nuclear weapon thermonuclear warheads.
The missiles are a compromise over the
M5 SLBM design, which is to have a range of 11,000 km and carry 10
Tête Nucléaire Océanique TNO MIRV of the new generation (''Tête Nucléaire Océanique'', "Oceanic nuclear warhead"). The M51 will enter service in
2008.
Operators
* {{FRA}}: The
French Navy expects to have the M51 enter service in 2008, and will be the only operator of the missile.
External links
-
nrdc.org: Table of French Nuclear Forces, 2002
-
globalsecurity.org M-5 / M-51
Image:Snle-snle-ng-svg.svg thumb|left|Comparison of different nuclear systems: left, the SNLE (''[[Redoutable_class_submarine|Redoutable'' type) with the
M-4_SLBM M4 missile; right, the SNLE-NG (''
Triomphant class submarine Triomphant'' type) with the present
M45 SLBM M45 missile and the future
M51 SLBM M51 missile.]]
{{French nuclear missiles}}
Category:Submarine-launched ballistic missiles of France
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