It will be July 14 before the hour in the sky of Finistère. By mid-July, missile test shots launched from nuclear missile submarines (SSBN) will occur off the department, we learned this Tuesday from the Ministry of the Armed Forces . "The shooting window for these tests is scheduled between early June and mid-July," said the ministry.
"There will be no detailed communication on these activities since the operational activities and the testing of weapons systems linked to nuclear deterrence are covered by defense secrecy", added the ministry for the Armed Forces, specifying that it s 'acted' conventional operational activities which are held within the framework of the recovery of SNLE following their exit from periodic unavailability for maintenance and repair '. These tests are also held as part of "the requalification of the building and its weapons system," added the ministry without giving further details.
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The Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic has issued a decree, "on the occasion of a test launch organized by the Directorate General of Armament (DGA)", delimiting an area where navigation, mooring, fishing , scuba diving and water sports are restricted. These restrictions are in effect from Monday evening until July 8. They relate to an area located south of the Pointe de Penmarch ', in southern Finistère.
An action against the holding of these tests is scheduled for Wednesday at Pointe de Penmarch 'on the initiative of the Peace Movement. The latter "is part of the consensus emerging in public opinion in favor of a reduction in world military spending and in favor of the development of cooperation at world level in priority areas such as health and environmental security" , indicates the organization in a statement making being of the “resumption of the tests of the nuclear missile M51 at the point of Penmarch '”.
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As soon as the coast of South Finistère is returned to the public, a missile 51 is planned for June 9, 2020 between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. off Penmarc'h with possible postponements from July 10 to 17.
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In early July 2016, the Ministry of Defense welcomed the "success" of a test firing of the M51 missile, devoid of its nuclear head, off Finistère. It had fallen back into the North Atlantic, several hundred kilometers from any coast.
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