France, May 26 -- On May 20, 2026, Thales successfully conducted live firings from the X-Fire launcher, confirming the maturity of this land-based long-range strike system.Developed in partnership with Soframe, X-Fire features a versatile architecture enabling it to engage deep-strike targets (150 km and beyond), using a wide range of munitions, whether sovereign or allied.This flexibility complements the solution offered by Thales and its partners to the French forces, in the context of the replacement of the LRU (Unitary Rocket Launcher) system, by addressing two key requirements:Providing sovereign munitions for deep-strike operations: together with ArianeGroup, Thales conducted demonstration firings on 5 May of its FLP-T 150 (Long Range...