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M20 SLBM

Country of Origin: France

The M20 had a single thermonuclear warhead plus penetration aids. Originally equipped with the MR-41 nuclear warhead and replaced by the TN-60 and TN-61 warheads (all three of these warheads are no longer in use by the French navy, the TN-61 being removed from naval service in 1991). The M20 replaced earlier M1 and M2 SLBMs in the five LE REDOUTABLE-class nuclear-propelled ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) in the late 1970s. In turn, the M20s were replaced by M4 SLBMs in all...

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