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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 711360" data-attributes="member: 23950"><p>Suppose you didn't know, that France is the only western European Country with nukes. :</p><p> </p><p><strong>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>France</strong> is known to have an arsenal of <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_mass_destruction" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">weapons of mass destruction</span></a></strong>. France is one of the five "Nuclear Weapons States" under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty</span></a>; but is not known to possess or develop any <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapons" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">chemical</span></a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_weapons" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">biological weapons</span></a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">[1]</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">[2]</span></a> France was the fourth country to test an independently developed nuclear weapon in 1960, under the government of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">Charles de Gaulle</span></a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_France" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">French military</span></a> is currently thought to retain a weapons <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockpile_(military)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">stockpile</span></a> of around 300 operational <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_warhead" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">nuclear warheads</span></a>, making it the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_nuclear_weapons#Estimated_worldwide_nuclear_stockpiles" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">third-largest</span></a> in the world.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">[3]</span></a> The weapons are part of the national <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_de_frappe" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">Force de frappe</span></a></em>, developed in the late 1950s and 1960s to give France the ability to distance itself from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">NATO</span></a> while having a means of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_deterrence" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">nuclear deterrence</span></a> under sovereign control.</p><p>France did not sign the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Test_Ban_Treaty" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">Partial Test Ban Treaty</span></a>, which gave it the option to conduct further nuclear tests until it signed and ratified the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Test_Ban_Treaty" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8">Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty</span></a> in 1996 and 1998 respectively.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klein, post: 711360, member: 23950"] Suppose you didn't know, that France is the only western European Country with nukes. : [B]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/B] [B]France[/B] is known to have an arsenal of [B][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_mass_destruction"][COLOR=#002bb8]weapons of mass destruction[/COLOR][/URL][/B]. France is one of the five "Nuclear Weapons States" under the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty"][COLOR=#002bb8]Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty[/COLOR][/URL]; but is not known to possess or develop any [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapons"][COLOR=#002bb8]chemical[/COLOR][/URL] or [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_weapons"][COLOR=#002bb8]biological weapons[/COLOR][/URL].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-0"][COLOR=#002bb8][1][/COLOR][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-1"][COLOR=#002bb8][2][/COLOR][/URL] France was the fourth country to test an independently developed nuclear weapon in 1960, under the government of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle"][COLOR=#002bb8]Charles de Gaulle[/COLOR][/URL]. The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_France"][COLOR=#002bb8]French military[/COLOR][/URL] is currently thought to retain a weapons [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockpile_(military)"][COLOR=#002bb8]stockpile[/COLOR][/URL] of around 300 operational [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_warhead"][COLOR=#002bb8]nuclear warheads[/COLOR][/URL], making it the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_nuclear_weapons#Estimated_worldwide_nuclear_stockpiles"][COLOR=#002bb8]third-largest[/COLOR][/URL] in the world.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-2"][COLOR=#002bb8][3][/COLOR][/URL] The weapons are part of the national [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_de_frappe"][COLOR=#002bb8]Force de frappe[/COLOR][/URL][/I], developed in the late 1950s and 1960s to give France the ability to distance itself from [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO"][COLOR=#002bb8]NATO[/COLOR][/URL] while having a means of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_deterrence"][COLOR=#002bb8]nuclear deterrence[/COLOR][/URL] under sovereign control. France did not sign the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Test_Ban_Treaty"][COLOR=#002bb8]Partial Test Ban Treaty[/COLOR][/URL], which gave it the option to conduct further nuclear tests until it signed and ratified the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Test_Ban_Treaty"][COLOR=#002bb8]Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty[/COLOR][/URL] in 1996 and 1998 respectively. [/QUOTE]
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