M1 (missile)

M1 MSBS
Type	SLBM
Service history
In service	1971-75
Production history
Manufacturer	Aérospatiale
Specifications
Weight	20,005 kg (44,103 lb)
Length	10.67 m (35.0 ft)
Diameter	1.49 m (4 ft 11 in)
Blast yield	1 × 1,000 kt (4,200 TJ)

Engine	Two-stage solid-fuel rocket 440 kN (99,000 lb_f)
Operational range	3,000 km (1,900 mi)
Guidance system	Inertial
Launch platform	Redoutable-class SNLEs (SSBNs)

The M1 MSBS was the first French submarine-launched ballistic missile. In French, MSBS is the abbreviation for Mer-Sol Balistique Stratégique, or Sea-Ground Strategic Ballistic Missile. It has two stages. It was deployed on the Redoutable-class SNLEs (Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins) (Device-launching Nuclear Submarine) or SSBNs from 1971 to 1975. It was replaced by the M2 MSBS in 1974-75.^[1]

References

↑ MSBS M1 at Astronautix.com

French nuclear armament

Strategic missiles	missile M1 missile M2 missile M20 missile S1 missile S2 missile S3 missile M4 missile M45 missile M5 missile M51

Pre-strategic missiles	Pluton Hadès ASMP

Nuclear warheads	AN-11 bomb AN-22 bomb AN-52 bomb MR 31 MR 41 MR 50 CTC AN 51 CTC AN 52 CTC TN 60 TN 61 TN 70 TN 71 TN 75 TN 76 TN 80 TN 81 TN 90 TNA TNO

Related subjects	French nuclear deterrence FAS FOST France and weapons of mass destruction

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