France Nuclear Weapons - La Force de Frappe

The story of the development of France’s nuclear weapons. From the French TV Documentary “Histoire de l’Armée Française: 1963 - 1996 De la dissuasion nucléaire à l’armée de métier“. France was the fourth country to test an independently developed nuclear weapon in 1960, under the government of Charles de Gaulle. The French military is currently thought to retain a weapons stockpile of around 300 operational nuclear warheads, making it the third-largest in the world. Pour les Francophones, cette série exceptionnelle de quatre documentaires sur l’Histoire de l’Armée Française depuis 1789, que je conseille vivement, est accessible sur YouTube.