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S3

Country of origin

France

ManufacturerAérospatiale

The S3 was a French land-based intermediate-range ballistic missile, equipped with a single 1.2-megatonne thermonuclear warhead. In France it is called an SSBS, for Sol-Sol Balistique Stratégique, or Ground-Ground Strategic Ballistic Missile.

Specifications

Length: 13.8 m
Introduced: 1980
Entered service: 1980
Retired: 1996

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Model data: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Figures can differ between versions of the same weapon. · Q3294075