"The leaders of states who use terrorist methods against us, as well as those who consider using... weapons of mass destruction, must understand that they would expose themselves to a firm and appropriate response on our part. This response could be a conventional one. It might also be of a different kind."On Jan. 19, President Jacques Chirac announced a major change in French nuclear strategy while visiting Ile Longue, the country's main nuclear submarine base. Speaking on the missile-firing submarine Le Vigilant, he said that in future France would consider using nuclear weapons against a...
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