“Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu has expressed his satisfaction with the successful … test launch of strategic ballistic missile M51.3 without a nuclear warhead,” the defense ministry said in a statement late on Saturday.
The missile landed in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean a few hundred kilometers off the coast, the statement read.
The statement added that the test launch had been carried out with strict observance of France’s international obligations.
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