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'France arms sub with nuclear missiles'
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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.
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Magda Hassan Wrote: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:
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I suspect it is Sarkozy and his backer's doing. He brought France back into NATO too and sold their independence. We always knew that France had nuclear bombs but they were supposed to be for the Germans (and their real enemy the Brits ConfusedecruitySmile
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx

"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.

“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
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France's nuclear engineers are about the best in the world - they produce most of their electric power by nukes and have had no [known] accidents. They have their own design. They have long had nukes and for submarines it only takes a little miniaturization [not hard with plutonium bombs and well known in the 'circles']. Gee, I want one too and my own sub to put it in.....:lollypop:
The USA, Russia and Israel [likely UK and others] have 'backpack nukes' which weigh only about 40-50Kg and are able to fit in a middle-sized backpack or carry-on luggage...would fit nicely in box in a container ship or be 'forgotten' in downtown China, Manhattan or Iranian nuclear facility, etc.

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"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
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Is there independent corroboration for this, or other news coverage? I see none in a Google News search, but Google is not the end of the world in information access. If it is true, it does not bode well.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar...-deterrent
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/world/...23871.html
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx

"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.

“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
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Magda Hassan Wrote:http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar...-deterrent
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/world/...23871.html

Thanks, Magda. And that makes sense in the context of the recent fiscal MOD issues in the UK.
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http://www.armybase.us/2010/01/french-nu...irst-time/
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Le ka-boom!


Le sigh.....
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx

"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.

“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
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