Is France’s Nuclear Shield Big Enough to Cover All of Europe?

... range and throw-weight in terms of a more advanced equipment for defeating missile defence. New SSBNs will be equipped with promising M51.4s, which are in early stages of development. The EU Nuclear Sharing Ivan Timofeev: Onslaught of French Diplomacy France’s Strategic Nuclear Forces are small compared to those of the United States and Russia, but they are cutting edge and updated constantly. Unlike the United Kingdom, which continues to reduce its nuclear arsenal unilaterally and where the public sentiment ...