The M4 was a French

submarine-launched ballistic missile A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), each of which carries a nuclear warhead ...

(SLBM) deployed on the nuclear s (except the ''Redoutable'' herself, which was not refitted). They entered service on May 1, 1985. They were the first French

MIRV A multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) is an atmospheric entry, exoatmospheric ballistic missile payload containing several warheads, each capable of being aimed to hit a different target. The concept is almost invariably ...

-capable nuclear missiles, with six 150 kilotonne warheads. They were replaced by the improved M45 SLBM missile which is currently in active service aboard the .

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French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in th ...

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