France conducted the first test launch of the updated ASMPA supersonic missile, which can carry a nuclear warhead. This was announced by the head of the country's Ministry of Defense Sebastian Lecorniu.
“A strategic Air Force Rafale fighter has just successfully conducted the first flight test launch of the updated ASMPA supersonic nuclear missile without an on-board payload,” he wrote Lekornyu on his page in the social network H. He noted that the test took place as part of the Durandal military exercises.