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Macron to boost nuclear arsenal, involve European allies in doctrine change
- JPLeRouzic 8mo agoFrance nuclear deterrence was designed in the 1950s where there was no satellites, missiles were not guided, were not hyper-sonic, etc. I guess a French nuclear missile would be easy to intercept with modern technology.
- mytailorisrich 8mo agoFrance has very modern ICBMs. The active ones entered service in 2010 and are periodically upgraded [1]. They don't have hypersonic missiles, though. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M51_(missile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M51_(missile)
- Ancalagon 8mo agoYou think they’ve not made upgrades in 70 years?
- TitaRusell 8mo agoThe Netherlands should seriously consider nuclear weapons considering what happened in Iran. On a positive note our governments collapse faster than the US can blow them up! And they keep finding fools who want to be PM.