TN 75
Encyclopedia
The TN 75 is a French
-built thermonuclear warhead used on France's M45 SLBM
submarine-launched ballistic missiles, carried by the last of the Redoutable class submarines, S616 Inflexible, and by the Triomphant class submarine
s. The French Navy has 290 TN-75 warheads. It is a miniaturised, hardened and stealthy successor to the TN 71
.
Development began in 1987 and developmental testing of the warhead ended in 1991, but French president Jacques Chirac
asserted in June 1995 fifty year after Hiroshima
that a full yield proof test
was needed prior to deployment, causing an international outcry. Its first full-yield test was probably the 110 kt detonation on the 1 October 1995 at Fangataufa
.
It will be succeeded by the TNO, the Tête nucléaire océanique.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
-built thermonuclear warhead used on France's M45 SLBM
M45 SLBM
The M45 SLBM is the current standard French Navy's submarine launched ballistic missile...
submarine-launched ballistic missiles, carried by the last of the Redoutable class submarines, S616 Inflexible, and by the Triomphant class submarine
Le Triomphant class submarine
The Triomphant class of ballistic missile submarines of the French Navy is the active class of four boats that entered service in 1997, 1999, 2004, and 2010...
s. The French Navy has 290 TN-75 warheads. It is a miniaturised, hardened and stealthy successor to the TN 71
TN 71
The TN 71 is a French-built thermonuclear warhead which was used on submarine-launched ballistic missiles in Redoutable class ballistic missile submarines.It has a yield of 150 kt....
.
Development began in 1987 and developmental testing of the warhead ended in 1991, but French president Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
asserted in June 1995 fifty year after Hiroshima
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
that a full yield proof test
Nuclear testing
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. Throughout the twentieth century, most nations that have developed nuclear weapons have tested them...
was needed prior to deployment, causing an international outcry. Its first full-yield test was probably the 110 kt detonation on the 1 October 1995 at Fangataufa
Fangataufa
Fangataufa is a small, low, narrow, coral atoll in the eastern side of the Tuamotu Archipelago. Along with its neighboring atoll, Moruroa, it has been the site of approximately 200 nuclear bomb tests....
.
It will be succeeded by the TNO, the Tête nucléaire océanique.
See also
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- Nuclear tests by France