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Originally Posted by Phullbrick
Regarding France choice to own a nuclear submarines fleet, I don't think the objective is to project our force anywhere - let's be honest which EU country can really do it with their defense budget ? Anyway it's not even our will.
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When i was talking about projecting force i obviously meant primarily aircarft carriers
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Don't tell me the CDG with its complement of rafales is for coastal defense
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A 100% nuclear submarine fleet in my opinion is still a sign of national prestige (as it was in the 1960's to have kicked Nato out of France, or have begun a armed nuclear force indpendent from the American and British programs etc...)
And the French (with the British) want to retain a "global" projection force within their resources.
Call it a heritage of their colonial past.