🇫🇷⚡️ — France has test-fired its new M51.3 nuclear-capable ballistic missile for the first time from a nuclear-powered submarine, the Defence Ministry said.

The unarmed missile was launched from the Le Vigilant submarine off Brittany and landed in the North Atlantic, hundreds of kilometres from any coastline.

President Emmanuel Macron witnessed the test from a French warship, according to an official who spoke to AFP.