The M1 MSBS was the first French

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Overview

In French, MSBS is the abbreviation for ''Mer-Sol Balistique Stratégique'', or Sea-Ground Strategic Ballistic Missile. It has two

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. It was deployed on the ''Redoutable''-class SNLEs (''Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins'') (Device-launching Nuclear Submarine) or

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s from 1971 to 1975. It was replaced by the M2 MSBS in 1974–75.MSBS M1 at Astronautix.com
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