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NPT countries: UK | USA | France | China Russia | Iran | Iraq | North Korea Non-NPT countries: Israel | Pakistan | India France Sea-Based Strategic Nuclear Weapons M-4 SLBM Year deployed: 1985 Dimensions: 11.05 meters (length), 1.83 meters (diameter) Weight: 35,000 kilograms Propulsion: 3-stage solid-fuel Range: 4,000 kilometers Guidance: Inertial plus computer control Warhead: 6 MIRVs, TN-70/1 Locations: 4 L'Inflexible submarines (16 each) Number deployed: 48 missiles M-45 SLBM Year deployed: 1996 Dimensions: 11.05 meters (length), 1.93 meters (diameter) Weight: 35,000 kilograms Propulsion: 3-stage solid-fuel Range: 5,300 kilometers Guidance: Inertial Warhead: 6 MIRVs, TN-75 Locations: 16 Le Triomphant submarines Number deployed: 16 missiles Air-Based Strategic Nuclear Weapons ASMP SRAM 
Year deployed: 1986Dimensions: 5.38 meters (length), .38 meters (diameter) Weight: 860 kilograms Propulsion: Solid-propellant booster Speed: Mach 2 Range: 250 kilometers Guidance: Inertial and terrain mapping Warhead: TN-81 Locations: 45 Mirage 2000N and 20 Super Etenard airplanes Number deployed: 65 missiles
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