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France test-fires new nuclear-capable missile without warhead

French armed forces have conducted a test launch of a new nuclear-capable missile without a warhead, according to the Elysée Palace and the Ministry of Defence. French President Emmanuel Macron observed the firing on Tuesday. The exact launch location and the specific missile type have not been stated in the reports.

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Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
9 differing positions reported on attribution across 13 publishers; unresolved.
  • franceMacron
  • tassFrench armed forces
  • telegramخبرگزاری فرانسه
  • thehinduDefence Ministry
  • rferlФранция
  • klix-baMacron
  • navalnewsFrench Navy
  • google-alertsFrance
  • defence-uaM51.3
  • rfi马克龙
  • yna프랑스
  • cgtnFrance
  • newtalk馬克宏
3 differing positions reported on location across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • telegramفرانسه
  • defence-uaМоскви
  • rfi法国
2 differing positions reported on status across 13 publishers; unresolved.
  • franceobserves
  • tasstest-fire
  • telegramآزمایش کرد
  • thehindutest-fires
  • rferlпровела
  • klix-batestirali
  • folhatesta
  • navalnewsConducts
  • google-alertshas launched
  • rfi试射
  • yna성공
  • cgtntest-fires
  • newtalk成功試射
WhereFrance
47.108, 2.761 ±400 km
First reported19 days ago
Published2026-10-06 10:30 UTC
Sources16
How this travelled.
Reports29Independent tellings15
15 independently corroborated tellings, 4 reported as carrying other outlets.

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Global Event Monitor. France test-fires new nuclear-capable missile without warhead. 2026-10-06T10:30:08.910Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4818. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-06/france-s-macron-observes-test-of-new-nuclear-capable-missile-068368ec

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