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France tested its first nuclear weapon in 1960. It conducted nuclear tests for longer than most other nations, up until 1996.
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why does this page exist? why does tv tropes have a page on French strategic nuclear doctrine? what does this have to do with the use of tropes in fiction?
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Perhaps, one could say, [[JustForFun the ultimate aversion to that trope]].
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The S3 is a two-stage, solid-propellant Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). The first stage was inherited from the S2, with a P16 solid fuel engine and 4 exhaust nozzles.
The first stage carries 16,940 kg (37,350 lb) of fuel and burns for 72 seconds. The second stage carries 6,015 kg (13,261 lb) and burns for 58 seconds. The nuclear warhead, a single 1.2 Mt TN 61, is hardened and carries penetration aids,(although it soon became obsolescent due to its limited range as well as improvements in ABM technology on the soviet side). A land based M45 was considered but vulnerability and lack of flexibility of the missiles killed off the land based missiles in France.
The first stage carries 16,940 kg (37,350 lb) of fuel and burns for 72 seconds. The second stage carries 6,015 kg (13,261 lb) and burns for 58 seconds. The nuclear warhead, a single 1.2 Mt TN 61, is hardened and carries penetration aids,(although it soon became obsolescent due to its limited range as well as improvements in ABM technology on the soviet side). A land based M45 was considered but vulnerability and lack of flexibility of the missiles killed off the land based missiles in France.
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The Mirage IV was a strategic high-performance bomber; it resembled an enlarged version of the famous Mirage III. Both were produced by the same manufacturer, Dassault (the ''nom de guerre'' of the earlier French Resistance fighter, brother to the one who founded the company). It was designed to strike targets in the European part of the USSR. Initially, it was supposed to go in very high and fast; later, as Soviet air defenses improved, the strategy shifted to low-level high-speed penetration and heavy use of stand-off weapons. It was the first French nuclear delivery system and for a couple of decades, it was the mainstay of their nuclear forces.
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The Mirage IV was a strategic high-performance bomber; it resembled an enlarged version of the famous Mirage III. Both were produced by the same manufacturer, Dassault (the ''nom de guerre'' of the earlier French Resistance fighter, brother to the one who founded the company). It was designed to strike targets in the European part of the USSR. Initially, it was supposed to go in very high and fast; later, as Soviet air defenses improved, the strategy shifted to low-level high-speed penetration and heavy use of stand-off weapons.weapons (even then the aircraft was at risk from more advanced interceptors and missiles). It was the first French nuclear delivery system and for a couple of decades, it was the mainstay of their nuclear forces.
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The M-20 was a two-stage, solid propellant, intermediate-range ballistic missile, 10.4 m in length and 1.5 m in diameter. Launch weight was 20,000 kg and the missile had a range of 3,000 km. Guidance was inertial. The payload was believed to include some penetration aids and the single re-entry vehicle had some hardening against nuclear effects. The TN-60 warhead was reported to yield 1.2 Mt.
The M-20 was a two-stage, solid propellant, intermediate-range ballistic missile, 10.4 m in length and 1.5 m in diameter. Launch weight was 20,000 kg and the missile had a range of 3,000 km. Guidance was inertial. The payload was believed to include some penetration aids and the single re-entry vehicle had some hardening against nuclear effects. The TN-60 warhead was reported to yield 1.2 Mt.
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A larger three-stage missile replacing the M1 on the Redoutable class. Carried 6 150-KT warheads in MIRVs, as well as double the range of its predecessor.
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A larger three-stage missile replacing the M1 obsolescent M20 on the Redoutable class. Carried 6 150-KT warheads in MIRVs, as well as MIRVs along with the expected increase in accuracy, it also had double the range of its predecessor.
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->'"I truly believe that one does not light-heartedly attack people who are able to kill 80 million Russians, even if one can kill 800 million French, that is if there were 800 million French."''
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->I truly believe that one does not light-heartedly attack people who are able to kill 80 million Russians, even if one can kill 800 million French, that is if there were 800 million French.
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