PARIS, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The French navy has successfully carried out an unarmed submarine launch of an M51 ballistic missile, the Defense Ministry in Paris says. The test, conducted from the Bay of ...

France successfully test-fired on November 18 the latest unarmed version of the M51.3 strategic ballistic missile designed to be launched from French navy submarines. The test, executed over the Bay ...

On November 18, 2023, over the Bay of Biscay, France successfully launched the latest unarmed version of the three-stage M51.3 strategic ballistic missile that carries the country's submarine-borne ...

France has completed the fourth test firing of the new M51 nuclear missile, intended to replace the aging M45 on its submarines. The firing, on Jan. 27 from the submarine Le Terrible, was the second ...

The Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, conducted a test launch of an unarmed M51 missile from the agency’s missile test site in Landes, southwestern France, ...

THIRD TEST: French armaments agency DGA has successfully test-fired the new M51 ballistic nuclear missile for the third time from an underwater silo at the ballistic test range in southwestern France.

The missile, which did not carry a nuclear weapon, was fired from the French army's Biscarosse missile testing site in southwest France on Saturday night and landed in the North Atlantic, "hundreds of ...

A French test of an M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile failed on Sunday as it self-destructed off the coast of Brittany, officials said. A French test of an M51 submarine-launched ballistic ...

A French test of an M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile failed on Sunday as it self-destructed off the coast of Brittany, officials said. "It was a failure, the reasons will be determined by an ...

PARIS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - France has successfully test-fired an M51.3 long-range ballistic missile, boosting the credibility of France's nuclear deterrence capabilities, the defence ministry said on ...