TN 75
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The TN 75 is a French-built thermonuclear warhead used on France's M45 submarine-launched ballistic missiles, carried by Le Triomphant class submarines. It is a miniaturized, hardened and stealthy successor to the TN 71. Development began in 1987 and developmental testing of the warhead ended in 1991, but French president Jacques Chirac asserted in June 1995 that a full yield proof test was needed prior to deployment. Its first full-yield test was probably the 110 kt detonation on October 1 1995 at Fangataufa.