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NPT Nuclear Weapon State
- Arsenal Size:
Active Nuclear Warheads: ~ 348- SLBMs carried by SSBNs: 288 (TN75).
- medium-range air-to-surface missiles carried by Mirage 2000N: 50 (TN81).
- Super Étendard aircraft: 10 (TN81).
Key Delivery Systems:- SLBMs carried by SSBNs.
- Medium-range air-to-surface missiles on Mirage 2000N & Super
Étendard aircraft.
- Estimated Destructive Power:
46,800 Kt. - Military Fissile Material Stockpiles (estimates)
Plutonium: 5 mt +/- 25 %.
HEU: 33 mt - Disarmament and Commitments to Reduce Arsenal Size
- Legal obligation to pursue global disarmament under Article VI of the NPT
- Presumably disassembled 175 warheads associated with four systems removed from service.
- President Chirac's new nuclear plans for 1997-2002 announced in February 1996 resulted in dismantling several weapon systems
Future Commitments:- In support of negotiating verifiable FMCT. The treaty should not
cover existing stockpiles.
- Nuclear Weapons Policies
1. Nuclear testing:- Observed nuclear testing moratorium since January 1996.
- Signed and ratified Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
2. Use of nuclear weapons:- Retains first use policy.
- Committed not to use nuclear weapons against states parties to Tlatelolco and Pelindaba. Has signed but not ratified Rarotonga. Has not signed Bangkok.
- Acknowledged the commitments of the NWS to negative security assurances in UN Security Council Resolution 984 (1995).
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