French Rafale fighter jets laden with nuclear missiles soar through the skies above Geneva as the Armée de l’Air et de ...

Desert dust represents the largest source of aerosols in the atmosphere by mass. These fine terrestrial particles emitted by wind action can be transported over varying distances. Thus, the Sahara ...

However, relying more substantially on existing nuclear capabilities on the continent — particularly France’s nuclear arsenal — could help prevent both. Yet even observers that do not in principle ...

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said his country should seek the protection of France’s nuclear deterrent against a potential ...

France’s nuclear arsenal could indeed help protect Poland, Polish President Andrzej Duda said in remarks published Friday. Duda, who has called for Poland to host some of the United States’ nuclear ...

Both Pacific nations, Australia and Fiji share a historical remembrance of France’s 193 nuclear tests conducted between 1966 to 1996 at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls in French Polynesia.

France has indicated it could extend its nuclear umbrella in response to concerns about the US security commitment to Europe. However, that may be expressing wishful thinking. President Emmanuel ...

This attitude persisted until President Jacques Chirac's decision in 1995 to conduct the last French nuclear tests, at Mururoa in Polynesia. His reasoning was that, to remain among the great ...

France’s foreign minister warned on Wednesday that a failure in nuclear negotiations with Iran could lead to a near-inevitable military confrontation, amid growing diplomatic tensions between ...