'France arms sub with nuclear missiles'

[Peter Lemkin]

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/144863.html

Press TV
October 2, 2010

'France arms sub with nuclear missiles'

France has violated international disarmament treaties by arming its latest nuclear submarine with nuclear missiles, a report says.

The French newspaper La Tribune on Friday reported that the country has secretly armed its fourth nuclear submarine, Le Terrible, with new generation nuclear missiles.

The submarine is reportedly armed with M51 missiles.

The report says France plans to arm its three other nuclear submarines with the missiles, as well.

The missile is capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

I'm only surprised to learn they had somehow signed on the dotted line to not before. Why, the UK, Israel, Russia, USA and probably China all do....as well as unknown others. Speaking of submarines, there is one company that sells FULL-SIZE submarines to rich PRIVATE persons. The BBC had a piece on this I can find. They personalize them to the owner's tastes and even train the crew to operate it. How many of these there are is a secret, as are all but one owner's name [as he died just before taking possesion of the full-size sub]. I wonder if any of these come with torpedos and/or other defensive/offensive systems....probably no treaty about them....:bandit: