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	M4 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		M4 Sherman, the main allied tank in World War II M4 Carbine, a family of firearms descended from the M16 and AR-15
		M4 motorway, a road between London and West Wales
		M4 motorway, a road in the Republic of Ireland running from Lucan to west of Kinnegad on the Dublin-Sligo route
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M4 (187 words)

	Le Redoutable / L'Inflexible France Nuclear Forces
		With the de-commisioning of Le Redoutable in December 1991, the remaining submarines of this class are known as L'Inflexible class SNLE M4.
		The first operational launch of the M4 was by Le Tonnant on 15 September 1987 in the Atlantic.
		SLBM: 16 Aerospatiale M4; three stage solid fuel rockets; inertial guidance to 5300 km (2860 nm); thermonuclear warhead with 6 MRV each of 150 kT.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/france/slbm/inflexible.htm (433 words)

	Submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		During the early years of the Cold War, radar-picket submarines such as the USS Triton were developed to provide radar coverage and direct aircraft operations at long distances ahead of other units.
		Ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs or boomers in American slang) carry submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) with nuclear warheads, for attacking strategic targets such as cities or missile silos anywhere in the world.
		China's SLBM program is built around its JL-1 inventory.
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~umwieb43/cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/010110A/http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine (7756 words)

	M4 SLBM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The M4 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) entered service on May 1, 1985 and was deployed on the submarine Inflexible They were MIRV capable missiles that carried the TN-70/71 warheads.
		The M4 was a three-stage missile that had a 4,000 kilometer range and inertial guidance systems.
		The M4 was fired for the last time in 1992 from submarine Foudroyant.
	www.atomicforum.org /france/m4.html (59 words)

	CDI Nuclear Issues Area - Nuclear Weapons Database: French Nuclear Delivery Systems
		France is going ahead with modernization of its remaining nuclear forces in the next decade, including a new short-range attack missile, the ASMP+, a new SLBM, the M-51, and equipping the new fighter-bomber, the Rafale D, for the nuclear role.
		The proposed M-51 SLBM is a very long-term project; backfitting of the Le Triomphant class to carry the proposed M-51 is scheduled to begin in 2010.
		The M-4 is the fourth SLBM, or MSBS (Mer-Sol-Balistique-Strategique - Sea to Ground Strategic Ballistic missile), deployed by the French.
	www.cdi.org /issues/nukef&f/database/frnukes.html (2097 words)

	French nuclear forces, 2001 \| thebulletin.org
		The two Triomphant subs each carry 16 M45 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with six of the new TN 75 warheads, which are assumed to have been tested at the Mururoa test site in 1995.
		The remaining M4-equipped sub, Le Foudroyant, was refitted to carry the M4 in 1993.
		France is thought to have already transitioned to an operational inventory of 288 warheads for two sets of M45 SLBMs and one set of M4 SLBMs, enough to arm three of the four SSBNs.
	www.thebulletin.org /article_nn.php?art_ofn=ja01norris (1407 words)

	Nuclear-powered strategic submarines worldwidea comparison
		The launch of a Polaris A1 SLBM in July 1960 from SSBN-598 was the first from a submerged submarine.
		The development of the first Soviet FBM submarine started with a governmental order in the early 1950s for the adaptation of a Project 611 (Zulu) diesel-electric submarine, B-611, to be equipped with the D-1 launch system and two 250km-range R-11FM (Scud) missiles—when armed with a nuclear warhead its range is 150km.
		Although Trident SLBMs have no pre-set targets when each Ohio goes out on patrol, the SSBNs are capable of rapidly targeting their Trident missiles.
	bellona.no /bellona.org/english_import_area/international/russia/navy/northern_fleet/vessels/33575 (1981 words)

	France's Nuclear Weapons - Development of the French Arsenal
		The MR-41 was in the stockpile from 1971 to 1979 and armed the MSBS M1 and M2 SLBMs.
		The TN-60/61 family was used to arm both submarine launched missiles (the MSBS M20 and MSBS M4) and land-based missiles (the SSBS S3).
		It is being deployed on the new MSBS M45 SLBM, to replace the current MSBS M4B/TN-71 combination.
	nuclearweaponarchive.org /France/FranceArsenalDev.html (1795 words)

	Environmentalists Against War
		France currently has two nuclear weapons systems: submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) carried by nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) and medium-range air-to-surface missiles carried by Mirage 2000N and Super Étendard aircraft.
		SLBM tests are coordinated from the Test Center of the Landes.
		The missiles are fired from down-range SSBNs toward an impact zone near the Azores.
	www.envirosagainstwar.org /know/read.php?&itemid=2957 (2269 words)

	M-5 - France Nuclear Forces
		The latest development of the MSBS (Mer-Sol-Balistique-Stratégique) family will be the M-5 SLBM planned for the seventh French SSBN Le Triomphant, which entered service in 1995, and will be the first of four new SSBN known in France as the SNLE-NG (Sous-marines Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins Balistique - Nouvelle Génération).
		The first boats are expected to carry the improved M-45 variant SLBM, until the M-5 becomes available in 2010.
		The M5 was to be able to carry a 1,400 kg payload to a range of 6,000 km or a 200 kg as far as 14,000 km, in the latter case with one or two rather than six nuclear warheads.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/france/m-5.htm (725 words)

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		French SSBNs and SLBMs consequently have lagged at least a generation behind the U.S. Today the U.S. is sharing testing and simulation data with the French to maintain their arsenal under the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
		In addition to destroying the S-3 silos on the Plateau d'Albion, the short-range Hades missile (follow-on to the retired Pluton) will be eliminated as well, as have Jaguar and Mirage IVP aircraft from the nuclear role.
		However in an interesting counterpoint to these reductions, France is going ahead with modernization of its remaining nuclear forces in the next decade, including a new short-range attack missile, the ASMP+, a new SLBM, the M-51, and equipping the new fighter-bomber, the Rafale D, for the nuclear role.
	www.cdi.org /nuclear/database/frnukes.html (3122 words)

	Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The ensuing scandal resulted in the resignation of the French Defence Minister Charles Hernu, and the subject became so touchy that it was not until twenty years afterward that the personal responsibility of French President FranÃ§ois Mitterrand was officially admitted.
		In the 1980s, the direction of military applications of the Commissariat Ã l\'Ãnergie Atomique was developing new nuclear warheads for the new M4 SLBM, which were tested in underground explosions in the French Polynesian atoll of Moruroa.
		Greenpeace was opposed to testing and had planned to lead a flotilla of yachts to the atoll to protest against the test, including an illegal incursion into French military zones.
	www.brisbanecaus.com /info/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior (1323 words)

	NRDC: Nuclear Data - Table of French Nuclear Forces, 2002
		The two Triomphant SSBNs each carry 16 M45 SLBMs with six of the new TN-75 warheads, which are assumed to have been tested at the Mururoa test site in 1995.
		The remaining M4- equipped SSBN, Le Foudroyant, was refitted to carry the M4 in 1993.
		Of these four submarines, three are maintained in the operational cycle, although only one or two are normally "on station" in designated patrol areas at any given time, compared with three in the early 1990s.
	www.nrdc.org /nuclear/nudb/datab16.asp (1812 words)

	French and British forces, 2000 \| thebulletin.org
		A pool of SLBMs are kept at the Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic at the Kings Bay Submarine Base in Georgia.
		If this has remained the policy, then some Trident II SLBMs already have a single warhead and are assigned targets once covered by WE177 gravity bombs.
		For example, when the Vigilant is on patrol, 10, 12, or 14 of its SLBMs may carry up to three warheads per missile, but the other two, four, or six missiles may be armed with just one warhead.
	www.thebulletin.org /article_nn.php?art_ofn=so00norris (1884 words)

	NRDC: Nuclear Data - Table of Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, 2002
		As of mid-2002, Russia was estimated to have an arsenal of some 8,400 operational nuclear warheads, consisting of almost 5,000 strategic and nearly 3,400 non-strategic and air defense warheads.
		There are reports that a new variant of this SLBM is being considered to carry up to 10 warheads instead of the current four.
		The Russian Navy hopes to have the first boat in commission in 2005 or shortly thereafter, but it is unclear whether there will be adequate funding to finish it by then.
	www.nrdc.org /nuclear/nudb/datab14.asp (2288 words)

	Institute for Defense&Disarmament Studies
		The 120 declared deployed Trident I (D4) SLBMs have a range of 7360 km, and carry eight nuclear W76 100kt weapons in the Mk-4 MIRV.
		The 164 declared deployed Trident II (D5) SLBMs have a range over 7360 km, and carry either eight nuclear W76 100kt weapons in the Mk-4 MIRVs; or eight nuclear W88 475kt weapons in the Mk-5 MIRVs.
		RN Armament Depot, Coulport, is responsible for storage, maintenance and handling of the Trident SLBM and warheads at the facility on the shores of Loch Long, 10 km from the main Clyde Naval Base.
	www.idds.org /issNucForcesP5.html (5855 words)

	Estimated Strategic Nuclear Weapons Inventories
		As well, planes armed with bombs would have to travel all the way to the target to strike it, and would be vulnerable to anti-aircraft defenses.
		ICBMs, SLBMs, and bombers armed with cruise missiles all have some agreed upon number that represents the number of warheads or cruise missiles they would carry.
		So when you see any specific figures for the weapons carried by a bomber, understand that estimate of the amount of megatonnage is just that, an estimate.
	es.rice.edu /projects/Poli378/Nuclear/f04.stratg_invent.html (568 words)

	Biscarosse
		The first test of a prototypes of the SSBS strategic missile began on 15 February, 1966.
		Tests of the MSBS SLBM and Pluton tactical nuclear missile began in 1968.
		MSBS, MSBS M2, MSBS M4, SSBS S1, SSBS S2, SSBS S3.
	www.astronautix.com /sites/bisrosse.htm (1982 words)

	France's Nuclear Weapons - Origin of the Force de Frappe
		This reflects the fact that only four SLBMs are available for deployment at any given time, the fifth sub is undergoing servicing or overhaul.
		Subsequently all of the Redoubtable class SLBMs were overhauled and refitted to the new standard set by L'Inflexible, with the exception of the Redoubtable itself, which was "paid off" (retired) in October 1991.
		The initial phase of development for the MSBS M4 started in 1978 when the submarine fleet updating program was authorized.
	nuclearweaponarchive.org /France/FranceOrigin.html (2855 words)

	Submarine - ExampleProblems.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ballistic missile submarines (boomers or SSBN in American slang) carry submarine-launched ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads, for attacking strategic targets such as cities or missile silos anywhere in the world.
		The first four Ohio class vessels were equipped with Trident I, and are being converted to carry Tomahawk guided missiles instead.
		The Type 91 is outfitted with 6 SLBM launching tubes and the Type 92 is equipped with 12.
	www.exampleproblems.com /wiki/index.php/Submarine (6716 words)

	Statistics Defense
		A U.S. D-5 SLBM warhead would have little difficulty destroying such a silo — because of their high accuracy, U.S. warheads can "crater" a silo with their blast.
		This fifth-generation SLBM was first deployed in 1977 aboard the Delta III SSBNs.
		There are some indications, such as the continued use of a similar stellar guidance system, that the SS-N-18 is a derivative of the older SS-N-8 Sawfly that was deployed on Delta I and II boats.
	statisticsdefense.blogspot.com /2005/08/this-page-is-under-construction-review.html (16286 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: France: Profile
		The ASMPs are carried on 3 squads (60 total) of Mirage 2000N bombers and carrier-based aircraft.
		France's four operational nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) carry a total of 48 M4 and M45 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) with 288 total warheads.
		A new SLBM, the M51, will enter service in 2010 and eventually will be carried on all four operating SSBNs.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/France (627 words)

	Status and Development Prospects of NATO Navies
		The French Navy organizationally includes the Strategic Ocean Command and four naval operational commands (in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and in the Indian and Pacific ocean zones).
		An order for a second submarine of this series (Temeraire) was placed in 1989 and commissioning is planned for 1998, and an order for building a third one was placed in 1993.
		It is envisaged allocating funds for the M5 SLBM program (planned to be operational in 2005).
	www.fas.org /news/russia/1996/druma133_s96018.htm (3370 words)

	Nuclear Weapon Nations and Arsenals
		The extended timetable for START II agreed to at Helsinki would require that there be no more than 2160 SLBM warheads (down from the current 3456), or five per missile for a fleet of 18, by the end of 2004, and no more than 1750 by the end of 2007.
		There is a new SLBM missile under development, but as of the end of 1998 had not yet been test flown.
		The actual effective SLBM and aircraft forces are likely to be a fraction of those indicated.
	www.brodd.info /atombomber/nfaq7.html (20604 words)

	Missiles
		R-29R Volna SS-N-18 mod 2 4K75R 4K75DU SLBM D-9R RSM-50
		R-30 5.7K SS-NX-30 "Bulava" (quasiballistic) SLBM for 955 (native, 12 missiles) and 941 (upgrade) submarines.
		RSM-52 Taifun SS-N-20 Sturgeon 3R65/3M20 - SLBM D-19 R-39.
	www.aviation.ru /Missiles (4150 words)

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		Used M4 and M5 solid rocket boosters, and studied for European military uses.
		Political concerns due to use for MCTR and number of launches tightly regulated by START treaties and verification activities.
		[There is also converted SLBM called the "Surf" which seems likely to make it off the drawing boards] Space Clipper (NPO Yuznoye - Ukraine) - Proposed derivative of SS-18 utilizing air-launched ICBM as first stage of orbital launcher for small sats.
	www.ksc.nasa.gov /facts/faq13.txt (1064 words)

	Who could effectively win in a nuclear war. US or Russia. - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Third, if such a system as the SA-5 were to act as a terminal atmospheric defense weapon, it would require all-azimuth radar data for warning, acquisition, and pointing inputs to the SA-5 intercept radar.
		Its ability to track missile warheads on the range is therefore prima facie evidence of its ABM capability.
		The SA-5 anti-SLBM defenses are unorthodox and even "sneaky" in that they exist in the context of an ABM treaty under which the United States officially assumes they do not exist and takes no actions or precautions to counteract the capability.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread160506/pg5 (4201 words)

	Report: Profiling the Small Arms Industry - World Policy Institute - Research Project
		TRIDENT II SLBM: Alliant Tech is responsible for the propulsion system for the Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile, a multiple warhead, nuclear armed missile that is one of the few major long-range nuclear delivery vehicles still in ongoing production for U.S. forces.
		M4 Carbines: lightweight shoulder fired weapons, a compact version of the M-16.
		The lightweight and cheap M-16 machine gun is one the United States’ most deadly export.
	www.worldpolicy.org /projects/arms/reports/smallarms.htm (4292 words)

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