Moscow has said that it harbors no aggressive designs against Europe, but promised a harsh response if attacked by NATO first
France is pushing Germany to define how it would use its long-range missiles in the event of a possible conflict with Russia due to concerns that it could trigger a nuclear war, the Financial Times has reported, citing officials from the two European nations.
Moscow has said repeatedly that it harbors no aggressive designs against Western Europe, adding that a conflict with NATO is only possible if the bloc attacks Russia first or if its members deploy their forces to Ukraine.
FT said in an article on Wednesday that Paris is in talks with Berlin in order to align the German doctrine on the use of its deep strike capabilities with France’s nuclear strategy.
The discussions with Germany and several other EU nations started after French President Emmanuel Macron said in March that he was open to expanding his country’s nuclear umbrella to protect them as well, it said.
France is the only country to have developed its own nuclear arsenal in Europe aside from the UK and Russia, although several other countries, notably Germany and Turkey, host American nuclear weapons and Belarus hosts Russian nuclear weapons.
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