ASN4G

{{Short description|Planned French hypersonic cruise missile}}

{{Infobox weapon

|is_missile =yes

| name = Air-Sol Nucléaire de 4ème Génération (ASN4G)

| origin = France

| type = Air-launched cruise missile
Hypersonic weapon

| filling =TNA4Ghttps://aviationweek.com/defense/budget-policy-operations/france-plans-new-warhead-equip-asn4g-missile

| service = 2035 (expected)

| used_by = French Air Force
French Navy

| designer = MBDA France

| vehicle_range = {{cvt|1000|km|mi|}}

}}

The ASN4G (Air-Sol Nucléaire de 4ème Génération) is a French nuclear-armed, scramjet-powered, air-launched hypersonic cruise missile under development by MBDA France, assisted by the ONERA.{{cite web |website=defense.gouv |date={{date|2024/10/09}} |title=Rafale standard F5 : premières commandes notifiées aux industriels |url=https://www.defense.gouv.fr/actualites/rafale-standard-f5-premieres-commandes-notifiees-aux-industriels }}{{cite web |website=bfmtv.com |date={{date|2024/10/09}} |title=Drone furtif, missile nucléaire hypersonique: ce que l'on sait des innovations du futur cyber Rafale |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/entreprises/defense/drone-furtif-missile-nucleaire-hypersonique-ce-que-l-on-sait-des-innovations-du-futur-cyber-rafale_AV-202410090472.html }}{{cite web | url=https://www.iiss.org/blogs/military-balance/2021/05/france-nuclear-recapitalisation | title=Counting the cost of deterrence: France's nuclear recapitalisation }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nonproliferation.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EUNPDC_no-80.pdf|access-date=5 April 2023|website=nonproliferation.eu|title=Hypersonic Missile Proliferation: An Emerging European Problem?|date=May 2022|author=Timothy Wright}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/air-force/2015/10/17/onera-explores-mach-8-missile-engine-technology/73928488/|title=Onera Explores Mach-8 Missile Engine Technology|date=8 August 2017}} It is intended to succeed the ASMP in the pre-strategic deterrence role from 2035 onwards. Technological work on this successor began in the early 1990s and the programme's existence was officially confirmed in 2014 by French defense minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian.{{Cite web |date=12 March 2023 |title=MBDA en dit un peu plus sur l'ASN4G, le futur missile de la composante aéroportée de la dissuasion française |url=https://www.opex360.com/2023/03/12/mbda-en-dit-un-peu-plus-sur-lasn4g-le-futur-missile-de-la-composante-aeroportee-de-la-dissuasion-francaise/ |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=13 March 2023 |title=Le futur missile de la composante aéroportée de la dissuasion française : l'ASN4G |url=https://air-cosmos.com/article/le-futur-missile-de-la-composante-aeroportee-de-la-dissuasion-francaise-l-asn4g-64505 |language=fr}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.opex360.com/2014/11/21/lasn4g-sera-le-futur-missile-des-forces-aeriennes-strategiques/|title = L'ASN4G sera le futur missile des forces aériennes stratégiques|date = 21 November 2014}}{{cite web|date=1 June 2015|author=Bruno Tertrais

|url=https://www.frstrategie.org/publications/notes/web/documents/2015/201510.pdf|access-date=5 April 2023|website=frstrategie.org

|title=Deterrence according to François Hollande}}

The ASN4G is due for integration on the Rafale F5 fighter under development as well as its successor, the Next Generation Fighter (NGF) derived from the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme.{{cite web |website=defense.gouv |date={{date|2024/10/09}} |title=Rafale standard F5 : premières commandes notifiées aux industriels |url=https://www.defense.gouv.fr/actualites/rafale-standard-f5-premieres-commandes-notifiees-aux-industriels }}{{cite web |website=bfmtv.com |date={{date|2024/10/09}} |title=Drone furtif, missile nucléaire hypersonique: ce que l'on sait des innovations du futur cyber Rafale |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/entreprises/defense/drone-furtif-missile-nucleaire-hypersonique-ce-que-l-on-sait-des-innovations-du-futur-cyber-rafale_AV-202410090472.html }} The new missile is expected to have more than twice the range of the current ASMPA-R, thus significantly above {{convert|1000|km|mi|sigfig=1}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2017/12/08/former-procurement-official-joins-mbda-as-france-eyes-new-munitions/|title = Former procurement official joins MBDA as France eyes new munitions|date = 8 December 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://geopolitiki.com/asmp-air-sol-moyenne-portee-french-nuclear-cruise/|title = ASMP/-A Nuclear Cruise Missile: The Development and Capabilities|date = 4 December 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.opex360.com/2018/03/08/avion-emporter-futur-missile-nucleaire-hypersonique-forces-aeriennes-strategiques/|title = Quel avion pour emporter le futur missile nucléaire hypersonique des Forces aériennes stratégiques?|date = 8 March 2018}}