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Sophia Khatsenkova

Macron orders nuclear warhead increase and unveils 'forward deterrence' plan for Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron ordered an increase in the country's nuclear warhead stockpile and vowed he would not flinch if the country’s “vital interests” were threatened, in a landmark speech from a ballistic-missile submarine base in north-western France.

“I have ordered an increase in the number of nuclear warheads in our arsenal,” the president said.

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