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AI Summary. France has offered to temporarily station parts of its nuclear deterrent in allied European countries for the first time, alongside a pledge to expand its arsenal. France holds the world's fourth-largest nuclear arsenal, with about 300 warheads deliverable by four submarines or Rafale fighter jets, consuming roughly 13% of its defense budget.

Leila Abboud Financial Times
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The French government laid out a new doctrine of “forward deterrence” that would allow French nuclear-capable forces to be deployed outside the country. Macron also announced an expansion of the French nuclear arsenal, currently the fourth largest.

Will France station part of its nuclear deterrent in allied countries?

Core argument: Emmanuel Macron said France has offered for the first time to temporarily move parts of its nuclear deterrent to allied European countries, describing the shift as "forward deterrence" in a speech at the Île Longue naval base.

Emmanuel Macron has said France has offered to temporarily move parts of its nuclear deterrent to allied European countries for the first time, as he pledged to increase the size of the country’s arsenal. “Today, a new step of France’s deterrence can now be taken. We are entering the path of what I call forward deterrence,” the French president said in a speech at the Île Longue naval base in Brittany, which houses the country’s nuclear-armed submarines. France has the world’s fourth-largest nuclear arsenal, with about 300 warheads. They can be deployed from four submarines, at least one of which is constantly at sea, or delivered by Rafale fighter jets. Officials say France spends about 13% of its defence budget maintaining its nuclear deterrent. The US, Russia and China each possess thousands of warheads, but French doctrine holds that it needs only enough weapons to inflict “unacceptable damage” on an adversary, thereby deterring attacks on French soil.

Takeaways by Macro Roundup® AI

  1. Emmanuel Macron said France has offered for the first time to temporarily move parts of its nuclear deterrent to allied European countries, describing the shift as "forward deterrence" in a speech at the Île Longue naval base.
  2. France holds the world's fourth-largest nuclear arsenal with about 300 warheads deliverable by four submarines, at least one always at sea, or by Rafale fighter jets, and Macron pledged to increase the arsenal's size.
  3. French officials say about 13% of the country's defence budget goes to maintaining its nuclear deterrent, with doctrine holding that France needs only enough weapons to inflict "unacceptable damage" on an adversary.

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