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Jun 02 2007
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• atomicforum.org
Combien de français savent que des essais de tirs viennent d'avoir lieu ?
How many french people know that M51 is currently being tested ?
From the page: ""The Americans and the Russians could destroy the earth 1000 times over. [France] could only do it once - but that is enough."
- Pierre Lacoste, French Military Strategy Advisor (1966-1972)"
The M51.1 will have MIRV capability, each equiped with up to six individual warheads. The M51.1 will have a maximum range of 8,000 kilometers. It's increased range compared to the M45 will permit France's SSBN force to significantly expand its patrol zones. An improved M51.2 missile, armed with the new Tête Nucléaire Océanique (TNO) warhead, is expected to enter service in 2015.