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M-4 SLBM
Year deployed: 1985
Dimensions: 11.05 meters (length), 1.83 meters (diameter)
Weight: 35,000 kilograms
Propulsion: 3-stage solid-fuel
Range: 4,000 kilometers
Guidance: Inertial plus computer control
Warhead: 6 MIRVs, TN-70/1
Locations: 4 L'Inflexible submarines (16 each)
Number deployed: 48 missiles

M-45 SLBM
Year deployed: 1996
Dimensions: 11.05 meters (length), 1.93 meters (diameter)
Weight: 35,000 kilograms
Propulsion: 3-stage solid-fuel
Range: 5,300 kilometers
Guidance: Inertial
Warhead: 6 MIRVs, TN-75
Locations: 16 Le Triomphant submarines
Number deployed: 16 missiles

Air-Based Strategic Nuclear Weapons

ASMP SRAM
ASMP-SRAM

Year deployed: 1986
Dimensions: 5.38 meters (length), .38 meters (diameter)
Weight: 860 kilograms
Propulsion: Solid-propellant booster
Speed: Mach 2
Range: 250 kilometers
Guidance: Inertial and terrain mapping
Warhead: TN-81
Locations: 45 Mirage 2000N and 20 Super Etenard airplanes
Number deployed: 65 missiles

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