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Macron says France to increase number of nuclear warheads
AFP March 2, 2026 9:57 am
President Emmanuel Macron said Monday France would increase the number of its nuclear warheads as he laid out how the European Union’s only atomic arsenal could protect the continent.
“An upgrade of our arsenal is essential,” he said from France’s Ile Longue nuclear submarine base. “That’s why I ordered an increase in the number of nuclear warheads in our arsenal.”
Macron added however that France — which holds the world’s fourth-largest nuclear arsenal, estimated at around 290 warheads — ''would no longer be disclosing details on its contents.''