M1 (missile)
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The M1 MSBS was the first French submarine-launched ballistic missile.
Prototype of a re-entry vehicle of an M1 missile in 1969.
A submarine-launched ballistic missile is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. SLBMs almost exclusively carry one or multiple nuclear warheads, and play an important role in
M1 (missile)
…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…
Polaris A-1 on launch pad LC-25A in Cape Canaveral
A Trident II missile just after launch.
Montage of the launch of a Trident I C-4 SLBM and the paths of its reentry vehicles
Selected US SLBMs. L to R: Polaris A1, Polaris A2, Polaris A3, Poseidon, Trident I and Trident II