ArianeGroup and the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA - Direction Générale de l'Armement), successfully completed the first flight test of an M51.3 missile from the Ballistic Launch Site (BLB) in Biscarrosse, south-west France. This was the qualification flight of the new M51.3 version of the M51 missile. Operational deployment of the M51.3 is part of the upgrading of the French oceanic strategic deterrent force.

France: successful M51.3 missile in-flight qualification test [VIDEO]

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ArianeGroup and the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) successfully completed the first flight test of a M51.3 missile from the Ballistic Launch Site (BLB).