The department stated that it is a “classic of operational activity that takes place within the framework of the rise in strength of the SSBN”. A rare operation w
The department announced that it was a “classic operational activity that takes place within the framework of the increase in strength of the SSBN”.
A rare operation will take place off the coast of Finistère in mid-July. Launch missiles for nuclear submarines (SSBN) will be test-fired from launch missiles, we learned on Tuesday from the Ministry of Armed Forces.
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“Nice recordings for these trials are scheduled between early June and mid-July,” the ministry said. “There will be no more detailed communication about these activities because operational activities and tests of weapons systems related to nuclear deterrence are covered by secret defense,” the ministry adds, noting that it is “classic operational activities that take place within the framework of the increase in the strength of the SSBN as a result their unavailability, periodic maintenance and repair”.
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The navigation area will be defined
Those tests will also take place as part of the “re-qualification of the building and its weapon system,” the ministry added without elaborating. The Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic issued an order, “on the occasion of the launch of experiments organized by the General Administration of Armaments (DGA)”, restricting the area where sailing, mooring, fishing, diving and water activities are restricted.
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These restrictions apply from Monday evening until July 8. They refer to the area located south of the pointe de Penmarch, in Finistere South. An action against the holding of these trials is scheduled for Wednesday, at the top of Penmarch’ on the initiative of the Peace Movement.
fires in 2016 and 2013
The latter is part of the consensus in public opinion in favor of reducing global military spending (1,917 billion in 2019) and for the development of cooperation at the world level in priority fields such as food security and environmental security,” the organization said in a press release in which states that it is due to “the continued testing of the M51 nuclear missile at the top of Penmarch'”.
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In early July 2016, the Ministry of Defense was pleased with the “success” of a test firing of an M51 missile, without a nuclear warhead, off the coast of Finistère. It fell back into the North Atlantic, several hundred kilometers from any shore. In May 2013, an M51 missile fired from an SSBN exploded in mid-flight 25 km off the coast of Finisterre shortly after launch. Before this failure, five attempts were successful.
Date of update: June 9, 2020, 11:58 p.m
Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: newstars.edu.vn