The ASN4G, from Air-Sol Nucleaire de 4eme Generation, is a French nuclear-armed, scramjet-powered, air-launched hypersonic cruise missile under development by MBDA France with the help of ONERA. It is intended to succeed the ASMP in the pre-strategic deterrence role from 2035 onwards. Technological work began in the early 1990s and the programme was officially confirmed in 2014. Two preliminary study programmes looked at stealth and at hypersonic speed, including a hybrid ramjet, and the chosen option was a Mach 7 to 8 missile able to make complex manoeuvres to defeat enemy defences, with more than twice the range of the ASMPA-R, well beyond 1,000 kilometres. It is due to be integrated on the Rafale F5 and later on the future combat aircraft, and in 2024 the DGA awarded MBDA France and ONERA a contract on combustion chambers for it.
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under development by MBDA France, assisted by the ONERA
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is a French nuclear-armed, scramjet-powered, air-launched hypersonic cruise missile
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under development by MBDA France, assisted by the ONERA
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air-launched hypersonic cruise missile
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scramjet-powered, air-launched hypersonic cruise missile
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is a French nuclear-armed, scramjet-powered, air-launched hypersonic cruise missile
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which is expected to enter service by 2035
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