M2 (missile)

M2 MSBS
Type	SLBM
Service history
In service	1974-78
Specifications
Weight	19,500 kg (43,000 lb)
Length	10.67 m (35.0 ft)
Diameter	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Blast yield	1 × nuclear warhead, 1,000 kt (4,200 TJ)

Engine	Two-stage solid-fuel rocket 440 kN (99,000 lb_f)
Operational range	3,200 km (2,000 mi)
Guidance system	Inertial
Launch platform	Redoutable-class SNLEs (SSBNs)

The M2 MSBS was the second 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 1974 to 1978, replacing the M1 MSBS. The M2 was itself replaced by the M20 MSBS beginning in 1977.^[1]

References

↑ MSBS M2 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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