"I have decided to increase the numbers of warheads of our arsenal. My responsibility is to ensure that our deterrence maintains and will maintain in the future its assured destructive power."
"Speaking at the Ile Longue naval base on France's Atlantic coast, home to the country's ballistic missile submarines, Mr Macron said he had decided to expand France's arsenal for the first time since at least 1992."
"He stressed, however, that there would be no sharing of decision-making authority over the use of France's nuclear weapons. To be free, one needs to be feared, Mr Macron said."
French President Emmanuel Macron announced at a naval base on France's Atlantic coast that France will expand its nuclear arsenal for the first time since at least 1992. Currently maintaining fewer than 300 nuclear warheads, Macron stated his responsibility is to ensure France's deterrence maintains its assured destructive power. He described this new approach as forward deterrence, allowing temporary deployment of strategic air forces to allied European countries. Macron emphasized that France will retain sole decision-making authority over its nuclear weapons and stressed that European security independence is essential in an increasingly hardening world.
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