Disregard my previous post. M. Chirac you make all the nukes you want ... aim them at any Target (store) you want. We got you checked.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/29/laser.cannon.ap/index.html
[ The Nautilus uses a high power radar to track and lock onto the incoming projectile. Then a Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser (MIRACL), which looks like a large spotlight, shoots out an intense beam that destroys the rocket. ]
[ The White Sands test marked the first time that a rocket has been destroyed in flight by a laser beam. The laser has also proved its ability to shoot down artillery shells. ]
[ Israeli security officials said that the potential to use this technology in the war against terrorism was a major factor in convincing Congress to renew support for the project. ]
I know what your thinking! " Damnez ces Yankees ! "
It's like the Concorde, and the French Nuclear Umbrella to counter the Soviets in the cold war.
Time to forget mini nukes and focus that French zeal on issues domestiques.