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| − | France is the only member of the European Union to possess | + | |image_caption=The Moruroa atoll in the southern [[Pacific Ocean]] where most of the French nuclear tests took place.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mururoa</ref> |
| + | }}'''France is the only member of the [[European Union]] to possess non-[[NATO]] [[nuclear weapons]]'''. The French military is currently thought to retain a weapons stockpile of around 300 operational (deployed) nuclear warheads,<ref>https://fas.org/initiative/status-world-nuclear-forces/</ref> making it the third-largest in the world, speaking in terms of warheads, not megatons.<ref>https://www.nrdc.org/stories/nuclear-power-101</ref> | ||
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 The Moruroa atoll in the southern Pacific Ocean where most of the French nuclear tests took place.[1] | |
| Interest of | Pierre Guillaumat |
| France is the only member of the European Union to possess independent (non-NATO) nuclear weapons | |
France is the only member of the European Union to possess non-NATO nuclear weapons. The French military is currently thought to retain a weapons stockpile of around 300 operational (deployed) nuclear warheads,[2] making it the third-largest in the world, speaking in terms of warheads, not megatons.[3]
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