Posted on 02/06/2019 10:49:44 AM PST by SleeperCatcher
In what one analyst sees as a demonstration of commitment to the United States and NATO, as well as a warning to Russia, France publicly announced Tuesday that its military had recently conducted a nuclear strike exercise.
During an 11-hour sortie involving a Rafale fighter, the French air force test-launched an ASMP or ASMP-A medium-range cruise missile, which can be armed with a nuclear warhead in the range of 100 kilotons.
Tom Rogan, a national security expert writing at the Washington Examiner, noted that the timing of the test is as important — or more so — than the actual test itself.
(Excerpt) Read more at greatpowerwar.com ...
Ping.
France committed to the US?
Did De Gaulle live in vain?
Unfortunately, the missile was a dud and landed in Paris. It did not explode but it required a round up of the military who had disappeared from town to go back in and collect the missile and war head. General Jean Crapinuaex thought the exercise went well and that Russia should be forewarned not to mess with France.
sorry
omitted {sarc} tag
France joins Pakistan as nuclear nations mostly controlled by ragheads... Tick...Tock...
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