French military successfully test M51 SLBM

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Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, expressed her great satisfaction after the success, on April 28, 2021, of the test firing of an M51 strategic ballistic missile, carried out by the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) since the Landes site of DGA Missile Tests.

The Minister sends her warm congratulations to all the staff of the Ministry of the Armed Forces, the Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) and industrial partners who have worked for its success.

The missile was monitored throughout its flight phase by means of DGA Missile Tests. The fallout zone is located in the North Atlantic, several hundred kilometers from any coast. This test was carried out without a nuclear military charge and in strict compliance with France's international commitments. This shot, carried out as part of the M51 program, once again demonstrates the excellence of high technology that French industries are implementing in this field.

This weapons program responds to the will of the President of the Republic, who has undertaken to take the decisions necessary to maintain the operational credibility of the nuclear forces over time, at the level of strict sufficiency required by the international environment.

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