Apparently President Chirac read this and said to himself , " If they don't need us, fine. We'll aim our missles at them . At least they won't ignore us this way."
( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/28/wnuke28.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/10/28/ixnewstop.html )
France is to enact a historic shift in military strategy by targeting its nuclear missiles on "rogue states" that have weapons of mass destruction, it was reported yesterday.(...)
France's Cold War goal was to prove its independence from America and Nato by having its own deterrent against Soviet attack. (...)
( How inconsiderate of Mr. Reagan to win the cold war. Turning the French nuclear umbrella into another Concorde. I bet Reagan doesn't have many French fans.)[inserted by P]
France is also looking at developing "mini-nukes" capable of destroying military installations without serious civilian casualties. ( I had the name Zaccarias Moussaui running through my head when I read this. Don't make the mistake of building terrorist grade Nukes, Mr. Chirac, or you will find your self in a war.)
In unveiling such a new strategy, M Chirac would bring France into line with America, which has said it might one day be necessary to use nuclear force against nations with weapons of mass destruction.
( ya? Since when? Who does France view as a "rogue state"? Israel? )