Publish Date: 19 November 2023 - 17:41

TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – France has conducted a successful test launch of a strategic ballistic missile without a nuclear warhead, the French Defense Ministry has announced.

"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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