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Wiki-censored French nuclear test information

This article is missing information about individual French nuclear tests, despite the fact that French nuclear testing redirects here. This concern has been noted on the talk page where whether or not to include such information may be discussed (December 2012)

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The Force de Frappe (French: strike force), or Force de dissuasion after 1961^[1] , is the designation of what used to be a triad of air-, sea- and land-based nuclear weapons intended for dissuasion, the French term for deterrence. The French Nuclear Force, part of the Armed Forces of France, is the third largest nuclear-weapons force in the world, following the nuclear triads of the Russian Federation and the United States.

France deactivated all landbased nuclear missiles. On 27 January 1996, France conducted its last nuclear test (in the South Pacific) before signing the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in September 1996. In March 2008, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France confirmed reports giving the actual size of France’s nuclear arsenal and he announced that France will reduce its French Air Force-carried nuclear arsenal by 30%, leaving the Force de Frappe with 250 warheads.^[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_de_Frappe

August 18, 2013 - Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized