France
Official Documents Last updated: December, 2011
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Get the Facts on France
- Maintains an arsenal of approximately 300 nuclear weapons
- Manufactured significant quantities of Sarin and VX nerve agents during the 1960s, but asserted in 1988 that it no longer possessed or produced chemical weapons.
- Currently developing a next-generation ballistic missile for its SSBNs
France News on GSN
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French SLBM User Trial Ends in Failure
May 6, 2013
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Nuclear Powers Reaffirm Opposition to Special Disarmament Talks
March 6, 2013
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France to Stay Out of U.S.-Russian Nuclear Negotiations, President Says
March 1, 2013
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French President Cites Mideast Nuclear Danger
Jan. 14, 2013
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France Won't Give up Nukes: President
Jan. 9, 2013
