If Paris went up in a mushroom cloud.....It would never get to that point -- the Frogs (or CESMs) would surrender long before it came to that.
BTW, the deficiencies seem to have been paperwork issues rather than mechanical issues.
Hahaha - you're absolutely right. Osama Bin Hidin' could march right down the main street of Paris with a dozen suicide bombers, and the entire country would probably pull out white hankies and bend over.