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    The Force de dissuasion (English: 'Deterrence Force'), known as the Force de frappe (English: 'Strike Force') prior to 1961, is the French nuclear deterrence...
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    ocean-based component (the Force océanique stratégique) of France's nuclear deterrent strike force, the Force de dissuasion (deterrence force). Their home port...
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    principal composite of the Strategic French Nuclear Forces (French: Force de dissuasion Nucléaire Française, FNS). FOST was placed under the command of a...
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    on the concepts of national independence, nuclear deterrence (see Force de dissuasion), and military self-sufficiency. France is a charter member of NATO...
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    development for the French Navy's nuclear deterrent, part of the Force de dissuasion. It is being designed as a replacement for the current Triomphant...
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    the main land-based component of the French nuclear deterrent (force de dissuasion) was the S2 missile, rounding out their strategic nuclear triad along...
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    The Escadron de Chasse 2/4 Lafayette (Fighter Squadron 2/4 La Fayette) is a squadron of the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace)....
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  • yield" adds nothing to the total. List of nuclear weapons tests Force de dissuasion Norris, Robert S. (1996). "French and Chinese Nuclear Weapons Testing"...
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    nearly 100 vessels of the Force d'action navale (Naval action force) and the 9 submarines of the Forces sous-marines (Submarine force). Primary assets include...
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    strikes against their nations. The French Force de dissuasion employed a nuclear strategy known as dissuasion du faible au fort (weak-to-strong deterrence);...
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    Kingdom's Royal Air Force maintained the independent capability to deliver nuclear weapons via its V bomber fleet. See also Force de dissuasion. France formerly...
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    the main land-based component of the French nuclear deterrent (force de dissuasion) was the S2 missile. In 1973, a programme was started to develop...
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    1st Strategic Missile Group (France) (category Military units and formations of the French Air and Space Force)
    Escadres of the French Air Force Beaumont, Hervé (2014). Forces aériennes strategiques: 50 ans de dissuasion nucléaire au service de la paix [Strategic Air...
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    referendum held under the Fifth Republic at the request of President Charles de Gaulle transferred the election of the president of France from an electoral...
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    to the command of operational units. If French nuclear weapons (force de dissuasion) were used, the fire order might pass through this relay.: 03:58–04:10 ...
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  • Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion ("Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence"), commonly abbreviated RAID (/reɪd/; French: [ʁɛd] )...
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    program after World War II. The establishment of the French Nuclear Dissuasion Force was based on a French nuclear testing program that began on February...
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  • Air Force Station) and Jaguar IS/IB (about 32 aircraft with 32 bombs from one squadron each at Ambala Air Force Station and Gorakhpur Air Force Station)...
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  • Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale Police Nationale Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion Finnish Army Special Jaegers Finnish...
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    The Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force (Arabic: قوة الصواريخ الإستراتيجية الملكية السعودية) or RSSMF is the fifth branch of the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces...
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  • militaire de la France Energy in France Nuclear power debate Nuclear power in France fr:Exploitation de l'uranium en France Force de dissuasion fr:Centrale...
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  • et de réalisation d'engins balistiques. SEREB was created initially to develop two-stage ballistic missiles for nuclear weapons (Force de dissuasion nucléaire...
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  • NATO assistance. De Gaulle's ideas went nowhere, so he began the development of a Force de dissuasion (an independent French nuclear force). He refused to...
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    Republic through the 'Groupe de Sécurité de la Présidence de la République'. Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (Research, Assistance, Intervention...
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    missile de la composante aéroportée de la dissuasion française". 12 March 2023. "Le futur missile de la composante aéroportée de la dissuasion française :...
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    Escadron de Chasse 1/4 Gascogne is a squadron of the French Air and Space Force. It houses the Dassault Rafale and was the second unit of the French Air...
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    List of heads of state of France (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    1292. Obituaires de la province de Sens I, p. 343. Peignot, p. lix; de Wailly, p. 10; McCarty, p. 329; EB, Eudes. Peignot, pp. lix–lx; de Wailly, p. 10;...
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  • ensemble plan of the nuclear force de dissuasion until dissolution, on July 31, 1996. The first unit of the French Air Force to be equipped with means of...
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  • Interest". 4 February 2019. Wikimedia Commons has media related to ASMP. ASMP on FAS.org L’ASMP-A, nouvelle arme de la dissuasion, Ministère de la Defense...
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    line: Vaucelles and Taverny. Air force base 921 which hosts the commanders of the French airborne nuclear dissuasion force is situated in former quarries...
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