France examined an upgraded model of its nuclear-capable strategic medium-range air-to-ground missile (ASMPA-R) after a flight consultant of a nuclear raid. The French Ministry of Defense reported this in a press release.
Minister Sébastien Lecornu expressed “nice satisfaction with the success of the primary analysis launch”, which passed off yesterday. «The missile, developed by MBDA, was launched as a part of the Durandal operation. This operation, consultant of a strategic raid, was carried out over French territory”, defined the minister.
The raid, composed of A330 Phénix and Rafale B tankers from the Strategic Air Forces, confronted the specter of opposition from air-to-air and surface-to-air property of the French Air Force and the Ministry of Space.
The French nuclear missile take a look at got here after Russia started nuclear drills with tactical weapons within the Southern Military District, not removed from the border with Ukraine. Lecornu confused that the French train goals to help “the credibility of the airborne nuclear deterrent aspect.”