The MR 41 is a
French
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-built
thermonuclear warhead
A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater destructive power than first-generation nuclear bombs, a more compact size, a lowe ...
to be launched with the
M1 and
M2 missiles in
''Redoutable'' class ballistic missile submarines.
It had a yield of 500
kilotons
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and was boosted fission warhead based on highly enriched uranium combined with deuterium and tritium.
Entering service in 1972 it was withdrawn from service by the end of 1979, being replaced by
TN 60
The TN 60 was a French nuclear missile warhead.
The 1 megaton TN 60 missile warhead entered service in early 1977 as an interim warhead for the MSBS M20 SLBM. The TN 60 was the first French warhead "hardened" to penetrate the Russian ABM defenses ...
warheads.
See also
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force de frappe
The ''Force de frappe'' ( French: "strike force"), or ''Force de dissuasion'' ("deterrent force") after 1961,Gunston, Bill. Bombers of the West. New York: Charles Scribner's and Sons; 1973. p104 is the designation of what used to be a triad of ...
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FOST
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nuclear tests by France
Nuclear warheads of France
Military equipment introduced in the 1970s
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