"Phil" wrote in message
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Kevin Brooks wrote:
"shonen" wrote in message
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The French felt that they needed an independent nuclear capability
to deter the Soviets, rather than relying on the US, who had
demonstrated a willingness to sacrifice NATO security for their
own.

No, [...]
Note that the UK also developed its own independent nuclear force

Did they? From the little I know the nuclear force in UK was far from
independant from the US...


Lets see.

The UK force uses British built submarines equipped with
missiles bought from the US that carry UK designed and
built warheads.

The arming of the warheads and targetting of the missiles
is subject to UK control

What makes you think this is not an independent deterrent ?

Keith