View source for M4 (missile)

{{short description|Submarine-launched ballistic missile}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox weapon
|is_missile=yes
|name=M4 SLBM
|image=Missile-ballistique-M4.jpg
|caption=
|origin=
|type=[[SLBM]]
|used_by=
|manufacturer=[[EADS SPACE Transportation]]
|unit_cost=
|propellant=
|production_date=
|service=1985
|engine=Three stage [[Solid-fuel rocket]]
|engine_power=
|weight={{Convert|36000|kg|abbr=on}}
|length={{Convert|11.5|m|abbr=on}}
|height=
|diameter={{Convert|1.93|m|abbr=on}}
|wingspan=
|speed=
|vehicle_range={{Convert|5000|km|abbr=on}}
|ceiling=
|altitude=
|filling=6 × [[TN 71]] MIRV, with penetration aids
|guidance=Inertial
|detonation=
|yield= 6 × {{convert|150|kt(TNT)|abbr=on|lk=in}}
|launch_platform={{Sclass|Redoutable|submarine|2||1967}}s
}}
The '''M4''' was a French [[submarine-launched ballistic missile]] (SLBM) deployed on the nuclear {{Sclass|Redoutable|submarine|2||1967}}s (except the ''Redoutable'' herself, which was not refitted).<ref name="FAS">{{cite web |url= http://fas.org/nuke/guide/france/slbm/m-4.htm |title=M-4 / M-45 - France Nuclear Forces |work=[[Federation of American Scientists]] |year=2014 |accessdate=5 November 2014}}</ref>

They entered service on 1 May 1985. They were the first French [[MIRV]]-capable nuclear missiles, with six 150 [[kilotonne]] warheads.<ref name="FAS"/>

They were replaced by the improved [[M45 SLBM]] missile which was in service aboard the
{{Sclass|Triomphant|submarine}}.<ref name="FAS"/>

==Operators==
;{{FRA}}
*[[French Navy]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{French nuclear missiles}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

[[Category:Submarine-launched ballistic missiles of France]]
[[Category:Nuclear missiles of France]]
[[Category:Submarine-launched ballistic missiles of the Cold War]]
[[Category:1985 establishments in France]]
[[Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1980s]]


{{Missile-stub}}
{{nuclear-weapon-stub}}
{{France-hist-stub}}