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