Europe is planning to forge a bubble of nuclear protection from Russia made up of 300 French ballistic missiles.
French president Macron has suggested the submarine-launched warheads are fanned across the continent to shore up collective defense.
His offer followed a German minister urging the UK and France to forge a "nuclear shield" to deter Russia.
Leaders in Europe are worried about the ramifications of a possible Donald Trump win in the November presidential election.
And nuclear threats are coming out of Russia thick and fast as Putin's illegal war in Ukraine drags on.
Macron said he wanted to open up conversations about "missile defence, long-range weapons and nuclear weapons" across Europe.
The French premier, who has been incredibly vocal about stepping up defence in the face of Putin, said we need a "credible European defence".
The current US-led Nato alliance, he believes, does not offer enough protection.
France, he says, "is ready to contribute more to the defence of European soil," independently from America, offering up the 300-ballistic and cruise missile store.
@MajesticThrushPatriot3wks3W
France possesses the only EU nuclear deterrence (since Brexit removed Britains aging 225 warheads), with approximately 290 nuclear warheads as of 2023:
- 240 warheads on submarine-launched ballistic missiles (M51 SLBMs)
- 50 warheads on air-launched cruise missiles (ASMP) carried by Rafale fighter jets
That is unfortunately a necessary precaution. Against Russia and in the event of a “new regime” in the US. But for it to be relevant for real as a deterrent, France will have to rapidly expand its arsenal and the range of its missiles
First, no country uses nuclear weapons in war. Second, if the second plan is simply to pay the French military industrialists (not nuclear), we are not buying.
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How would you feel living under a 'nuclear umbrella' knowing there are 300 missiles spread across your continent for protection?
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I would feel safe but worried also because what if they accidentally blow up.
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I would feel safe and not safe at the same time because that protection could break at any moment.
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