The National Interest on MSN16h
When America Successfully Flew a U-2 Spy Plane from an Aircraft Carrier
Carrier trials for the U-2R took place aboard the USS America in 1969. Lockheed test pilot Bill Park said that “the airplane demonstrated good wave-off characteristics, and I felt at the time that ...
French nuclear attack sub mysteriously docks in Nova Scotia, 300 miles from US border
A French nuclear-powered attack submarine left locals bewildered after it surfaced in an eastern Canadian province, just 300 ...
France is considering extending its nuclear umbrella to Europe. But can it?
At the heart of NATO, the world’s longest-standing security alliance, is the notion that an attack on one is an attack on all ...
'France's deterrent must be part of a future multi-layered European protection system'
OP-ED. The extension of France's nuclear doctrine to neighboring countries presupposes an overall strategic redefinition of ...
Nuclear Engineering International1d
Newcleo expands with French R&D hub and steel partnership
France-headquartered nuclear start-up newcleo has acquired a French site in Chusclan (Gard) to build FASTER (Fuel process ...
Nuclear deterrence: can Britain and France take on America’s role in defending Europe against Russian aggression?
For the foreseeable future a conventional approach to defence, perhaps backed by British and French nuclear assets, remains ...
Morning Star14d
Is Saharan dust radioactive?
But one unreported aspect of the Saharan dust is that it could be radioactive. French nuclear testing in Algeria, conducted during the height of the independence struggle, spread radioactive fallout ...
The New York Times5d
As Trump Stirs Doubt, Europeans Debate Their Own Nuclear Deterrent
Talk of replacing the American nuclear umbrella over Europe with the small British and French nuclear armories is in the air, however vague and fanciful. By Steven Erlanger Reporting from Berlin ...