• France - Interesting Nuke Strategy

    From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 11 04:05:24 2025
    XPost: alt.defense, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    Was looking for info about the nuke capabilities
    of France and the UK the other day.

    What was of interest was that France does not
    seem to have any "land-based" nuclear capability.
    It's all ships/subs and some bombers that flit
    around.

    WHY ... well, compared to the USA, France is
    quite SMALL. If they had ICBM sites in-country
    then they'd be primary TARGETS for ground-level
    attacks. This would spread HUGE radiation that
    would envelope the entire country.

    By NOT having "land based" there's nothing INSIDE
    France really worth targeting for military reasons.

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