The S3 is a two-stage and solid-propellant Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile. The first stage was innate from the S2, with a P16 solid fuel engine and 4 exhausts. The first stage carries 16 ,940 kg of fuel and burns for 72 seconds.
The second stage carries 6 015 kg and burns for 58 seconds. A first 9-missile group was deploy at Apt-Saint-Christol air base, on Plateau d'Albion, inflowing space service in 1982. 40 missile were built, 13 being used on trials.
The S3 were originally intended to be replace around 2005 by a land-based version of the M5, the submarine missile designed at the time. As the M5 project was itself deferred and ultimately cancelled in favour of the M51 the replacement was reschedule to by a land-based version of the M45.Finally it was decided that the S3 would be phased out and not replaced.
The second stage carries 6 015 kg and burns for 58 seconds. A first 9-missile group was deploy at Apt-Saint-Christol air base, on Plateau d'Albion, inflowing space service in 1982. 40 missile were built, 13 being used on trials.
The S3 were originally intended to be replace around 2005 by a land-based version of the M5, the submarine missile designed at the time. As the M5 project was itself deferred and ultimately cancelled in favour of the M51 the replacement was reschedule to by a land-based version of the M45.Finally it was decided that the S3 would be phased out and not replaced.
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