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Thales and ArianeGroup conduct first successful firing of FLP-t 150 strike weapon

Thales and ArianeGroup conducted the first successful firing of the FLP-t 150 long range strike munition, a French sovereign system exceeding 150 kilometres range designed to keep terminal guidance under GNSS jamming, replacing the LRU rocket.

Verified AI-drafted ArianeGroup press release, 12 May 2026

What it does not test. This does not establish that the French armed forces have ordered or fielded the system.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. First test firing only; not ordered/fielded, so no fielded-capability shift yet. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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