France tests upgraded nuclear missile against backdrop of Russia tensions
- On Tuesday, France test-fired its new M51.3 nuclear-capable ballistic missile from the submarine Vigilant off Brittany, with President Emmanuel Macron witnessing the launch from a warship.
- Amid rising European tensions, Macron warned of shifting "Russian aggression and threats" following a series of "hybrid" attacks that officials blamed on Moscow.
- The unarmed missile impacted "in the North Atlantic, hundreds of kilometres from any coastline," the Defence Ministry reported, noting the test complied with international commitments.
- Officials added that the test "once again demonstrates the excellence of the high-tech solutions employed by French industry in the field of nuclear deterrence."
- Macron proposed this year that European partners join the "advanced" nuclear deterrence framework of France, the European Union's sole nuclear weapons power, vowing actions would "not go unanswered.
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France tests upgraded nuclear missile against backdrop of Russia tensions
France's defence ministry said on Tuesday it had conducted the first test launch of its latest-generation M51.3 submarine-launched ballistic missile, underscoring its nuclear deterrent amid heightened tensions with Russia.
«Our nuclear deterrence protects us and will continue to protect us» said French President Emmanuel Macron who witnessed the launch on board ...
The Ministry of the Army announces the successful test fire of a ballistic missile M51.3 from Le Vigilant, off the Finistère. Made without nuclear charge to the North Atlantic, this acceptance flight allows the...
Emmanuel Macron witnessed on Tuesday an exercise shot of an M51 intercontinental missile launched without nuclear charge from the submarine Le Vigilant.
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