M 45 (MSBS)
| M 45 (MSBS) | |
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| General Information | |
| Type | Submarine-based ballistic missile |
| Local name | MSBS M 45 |
| Country of origin |
 France
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| Manufacturer | EADS Astrium |
| Commissioning | 1997 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 11.05 m |
| diameter | 1930 mm |
| Combat weight | 36,000 kg |
| Drive First stage Second stage Third stage |
Solid rocket engine Solid rocket engine Solid rocket engine |
| Range | 6,000 km |
| Furnishing | |
| steering | Inertial navigation system |
| Warhead | 6 MIRV nuclear warheads TN-71 with 150 kt each |
| Detonator | Programmed detonator |
| Weapon platforms | Submarine |
| CEP |
320 - 350 m |
| Lists on the subject | |
The M 45 were the first on submarines of the French Navy stationed SLBM ICBMs . The missiles were introduced in 1997 together with the first nuclear submarine of the new Triomphant class and each carried six TN-71 warheads with an explosive force of 100 kT each, according to other information up to 150 kT. The warheads were detonated during the last French nuclear tests in 1995/96 on Mururoa . M 45 represent a further development of the M 4. However , they are also equipped with components from the follow-up project M 51 . On the night of June 1 to June 2, 2004, an M45 was tested in a training and test flight. It was launched south of Brittany by Le Vigilant and, after a flight over the Atlantic Ocean, met its destination in French Guiana. On September 28, 2016, the M45 missiles were decommissioned.
Web links
literature
- Chris Chant: Modern submarines technology-tactics-armament , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 1st edition 2005, ISBN 3-7276-7150-5
Footnotes
- ^ Firing of the M45 Missile. In: defense-aerospace.com. June 3, 2004, accessed February 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Pradel Hedwige: SEPTEMBRE 28, 2016: LE MISSILE M45 RETIRÉ DU SERVICE ACTIF . TOP LA VUE - LE MAGAZINE DES FORCES SOUS-MARINES, No. 41, 2016, online version of the article on the decommissioning of the M45 missiles (PDF; 2.17 MB) p. 1
