It’s here, watch the movie at the bottom of the page:
http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-societe/regardez-le-premier-lancement-sous-marin-du-missile-strategique/920/0/291538
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By: Victor - 18th November 2008 at 15:51
That’s a really good vid. I noticed the aerospike being deployed a few seconds after breaching.
By: Austin - 17th November 2008 at 12:56
Huh ? I know the M-51’s actual range is highly classified and that 8000 km is a minimum (a French navy officer hinted before me that it could be more around 9000-10000 km), but aren’t you somewhat optimistic with 20000 km ?? 😮
yeah its a all composite missile with large fuel mass fraction so with a lighter payload it can do that , the M51 with 6 MIRV can do a range of > 8000 Km , with 2 -3 MIRV it can do 16000 km and with 1 -2 MIRV it can do 20000 Km.
Thats the advantage of having a Composite RV , put it simply the payload and range is inversely proportional , you can get variable range for variable payload.
If you need some technical info on composite RV and stuff like that, you can get a good deal of technical info written by Arun Vishwakarma here
By: Merlock - 16th November 2008 at 21:37
the M51 is an all composite missile , with a range between 8000 km to 20000 km , depending on the number of warhead it carries.
Huh ? I know the M-51’s actual range is highly classified and that 8000 km is a minimum (a French navy officer hinted before me that it could be more around 9000-10000 km), but aren’t you somewhat optimistic with 20000 km ?? 😮
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By: Austin - 16th November 2008 at 07:42
Wow awesome , this is really the mother of all SLBM …………. the M51 is an all composite missile , with a range between 8000 km to 20000 km , depending on the number of warhead it carries.
The Bulava and M51 are really the most modern SLBM to be deployed on the most modern SSBN for their respective countries , both SLBM uses very high percentage of composite materials , giving it a dramatic increase in range vs payload parameter , due to high fuel mass fraction.
The US and UK are also thinking about Trident D5 replacement.
I guess UK does not trust French much for its strategic system , the US is the most reliable partner here
By: Distiller - 15th November 2008 at 21:45
The European alternative to Trident for the Brits!
By: sferrin - 15th November 2008 at 15:11
There’s irony. The French testing an SLBM on the same day they tell the US and Russia to stop their missile plans.
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