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>Every Russian general is born with the ambition of driving his tanks to the Atlantic Ocean. France may not like that. They're not in NATO. But they have nucle
by dghughes 5y ago
>Every Russian general is born with the ambition of driving his tanks to the Atlantic Ocean.
France may not like that. They're not in NATO. But they have nuclear weapons.
- gjm11 5y agoFrance is in NATO.
- theptip 5y agoFrance is one of the founding countries in NATO. Indeed, NATO's progenitor was a bilateral treaty between France and the UK (the "Treaty of Dunkirk"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_NATO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_NATO
- SCAQTony 5y agoFrance is a member of NATO, they entered NATO in 1949 • Reference, The NATO website: https://www.nato.int/nato-welcome/index.html https://www.nato.int/nato-welcome/index.html
- jacobr1 5y agoFrance is part of NATO. They backed out of the integrated command structure in the 60's (but still remained an treaty member) and rejoined in 2009. I think they still reserve the right to not put their nuclear arsenal under allied command.
- Ratalala 5y agoFrance is a founding member.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> France may not like that. They're not in NATO. Yes, they are, and have been since NATO was founded. From 1966-2009 they did not participated in the Integrated Military Command Structure, despite remaining fully in the alliance. They still don't participate in the Nuclear Planning Council, and their troops are not put under permanent UN command in peacetime.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> their troops are not put under permanent UN command in peacetime. This should be “NATO command” not “UN command”.
- dghughes 5y agoYeah I see now France is back. I know they were a founding member of NATO I'm not doubting that. But they left in the 1960s...sort of, but were in sort of but separate, then back in for sure in 2009.