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Macron has repeatedly stressed that a French president would always have ultimate power to decide whether to use the bomb — the same applies to Britain and the US within Nato.
Together, British and French nuclear capabilities would at least make Moscow think twice about attacking, said a senior western official.
However, “what really influences Russian decision-making is the scale of US deterrence”, he said. Europe would need at least a decade of spending at around 6-7 per cent of GDP if it wanted to emulate that and acquire another 1,000 warheads, he added.
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Russia literally can’t beat the Ukraine, I’m fairly certain they can’t take a unified Europe
Russia is doing their best to sabotage the unity part.
France needs to reintroduce its tactical nukes.
they always had these available
Didn’t they phase them out in the late 90’s? I’m talking battlefield nukes, low yield to take out an airfield or industrial complex.
The TN 81 has a minimum yield of 100 kilotons, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was 15 kilotons. Battlefield nukes are much smaller yield. Putin has them in Belarus.
