French Army Discussions & Updates

BMD said:
The question is on size. 1,000km, ballistic, Mach 5, what size?
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So, so far:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1803499953815253316

MBDA-Safran are proposing a ground-launched AASM Hammer. There would be 12 of them per launching pod. It'd have a range of 150 km, and be subsonic. Basically filling the GMLRS role.

Thales-ArianeGroup are more ambitious and want a Mach 5, 1000 km-range ballistic missile; but they'd start with an "Mk.1" version that'd just have about 150 km range and only reach up to Mach 3 as it wouldn't leave the atmosphere. Basically filling the ATACMS role.
 
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So, so far:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1803499953815253316

MBDA-Safran are proposing a ground-launched AASM Hammer. There would be 12 of them per launching pod. It'd have a range of 150 km, and be subsonic. Basically filling the GMLRS role.

Thales-ArianeGroup are more ambitious and want a Mach 5, 1000 km-range ballistic missile; but they'd start with an "Mk.1" version that'd just have about 150 km range and only reach up to Mach 3 as it wouldn't leave the atmosphere. Basically filling the ATACMS role.
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ATACMS does 300+km. What I estimate the French launcher (right) to have is:

8 x 300mm x ~5000mm rockets, that likely have a range of 150+km with a ~125kg warhead, sort of a heavy warhead'd GMLRS-ER and provisions for carrying 2 x ~650mm x ~5000mm rockets with a 1,000km range with a similar warhead.

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Exit le Pinaka indien ou le HIMARS américain, le système qui succèdera au lance-roquettes unitaires (LRU) de l’armée de Terre sera bien souverain. De source industrielle, MBDA et Safran Electronics & Defense sortiraient vainqueurs du duel qui les opposait à Thales et ArianeGroup. La ministre...
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Thundart (MBDA/Safran) has apparently won the french gov tender, beating the FLP-T150 (ArianeGroup/Thales) and the HIMARS
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The FLPT (Future Launch Platform) program would therefore be centered around Thundart, a rocket with a range of 150 km, partly based on Safran's AASM guided bomb. Price, among other factors, is said to have been a determining factor in the final decision.
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The future land-based ballistic missile should ultimately be deployed by the Army.​

The updated 2024-2030 Military Programming Law (LPM) confirmed the launch, starting in 2026, of studies for the development of deep strike capabilities (DPS) based on land-based ballistic missiles (MBTs) with a range "primarily up to 2,500 km." The objective is to achieve initial operational capability by 2030-2031. Within which branch of the French armed forces? The text does not specify. And for good reason.
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The Army is also expected to inherit this land-based ballistic missile. At least, that's what emerges from the budget opinion on program 178, "Preparation and Employment of Forces – Land Forces," which was recently published by MP Anna Pic.
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"The update of the LPM provides for the launch of studies as early as 2026 in order to have a conventional ground-to-ground ballistic missile MBT capability with a range of class 2,500 km," she first recalled.
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Le futur missile balistique terrestre devrait finalement être mis en œuvre par l’armée de Terre - Zone Militaire

La Loi de programmation militaire 2024-30 actualisée a confirmé le lancement, dès 2026, d’études pour le développement de capacités de frappe dans la
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