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France test launches another M51 missile
29 April 2021
by Nicholas Fiorenza
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, on 28 April, the Armed Forces Ministry announced in a press release later the same day.
The DGA conducted a test firing of an unarmed M51 missile from the agency’s missile test site in Landes, France, on 28 April. (DGA)
The DGA reported that its missile testing department monitored the flight of the missile, which landed in the Atlantic Ocean, several hundred kilometres from any coast.
France launches SNLE 3G SSBN programme
22 February 2021
by Nicholas Fiorenza
French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly has launched the Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur d’Engins de 3e Génération (SNLE 3G) third-generation strategic ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) programme, the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, announced on its website on 19 February.
The DGA expected the first contract to be awarded in 2021, covering development studies lasting until 2025, the production of the first elements of the SNLE 3G s hull and nuclear boiler room, and the preparation of Naval Group s production facilities to build the SSBN.