(Waffe) SLBMs M45

[Jacks]

M-45 daten:
Reichweite 6000 Km
Sprengkopf:ca.100 Kt,bis zu 150 kt

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Six of these nuclear warheads are to equip each M-45 sea-to-ground missile. Budget cuts announced in 1992 indicated that M-45 development would be re-examined. The system synthesis test firing, which qualified the M45 took place successfully from Triomphant in February 1995. The improved version, the M-45, provided a range extension to 6000 km, and in March 1986 a French boat fired an M-4 over a distance of 6000 km; the payload for this flight is not known. Proposals were made in 1988 to adapt a variant of the M-4 missile for land basing instead of developing the S-4, but these were not pursued. The M-45 variant entered service in March 1997, fitted to Le Triomphant, the first of the SNLE-NG (new generation) boats.
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It is known that the power of this thermonuclear device is some 100 kt and its load has been miniaturised to the maximum