
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented on the tests of the French M51.3 strategic ballistic missile, calling them a “loud and clear message,” as Emmanuel Macron previously described the launch.
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France test-fired the M51.3 strategic ballistic missile from the submarine Le Vigilant.
The Kremlin evaluates the tests in France of the M51.3 strategic ballistic missile as a “loud and clear message,” as the country’s President Emmanuel Macron described them. This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, TASS reports.
“We regard it as a loud and clear message, as he said,” the Kremlin representative noted.
Earlier, France tested a new nuclear missile without a warhead. The matter in question was the M51.3 strategic ballistic missile. The test launch was carried out from the submarine Le Vigilant. French President Emmanuel Macron was present at the tests.

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