Nuclear Sub Firing a Success, Sort Of

France’s newest nuclear ballistic missile-carrying submarine, the Terrible, completed an initial test firing of a dummy missile on Apr. 18, although the mockup’s float system malfunctioned after launch. Defense ministry officials said the dummy—sized to represent the country’s new M51 missile—will...

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