French nuclear shield could extend across Europe
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Jet fighters armed with nuclear weapons could be posted to Germany as Emmanuel Macron discusses Ukraine’s defence with Donald Trump

Jet fighters armed with nuclear weapons could be posted to Germany as Emmanuel Macron discusses Ukraine’s defence with Donald Trump

  • Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    7·
    3 months ago

    I’m sure they did that because the ~150 nukes stored somewhere in German are of USA origin.

    Are the Rafale’s weapon mounts and system compatible with American nukes? I wouldn’t expect that.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
      9·
      3 months ago

      Whether or not the Rafale can carry American nukes normally, I’m fairly confident that they could be modified to do so. Over in Ukraine, old Soviet Su-24s got modified to carry Anglo-French storm shadow missiles, and those were originally built by two groups that had way less reason to be compatible