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The M45 SLBM is the current standard French Navy’s submarine-launched ballistic missile (In French terminology the MSBS – Mer-Sol-Ballistique-Stratégique (Sea-ground-Strategic ballistic missile).) Forty-eight M45 are in commission in the Force océanique stratégique the submarine nuclear deterrent component of the French Navy.The missiles derived from the M4 are produced by Aérospatiale (now EADS SPACE Transportation).