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Gargantuan Stocks. Conceivably, De Gaulle at one point might have been weaned away from his dream. When he returned to power in 1958 to lead a France still riven by the Algerian war, he demanded admission to a three-power directorate of NATO, but the idea was blackballed by Eisenhower...
As of last week the force de frappe consisted of a handful of atom bombs and a delivery system of exactly four Mirage IV jets, extremely fast (Mach 2), high-altitude, two-seat light bombers. The Mirage IV's radius is only 1,000 miles.
A so-called independent European deterrent could hardly increase the alliance's total strength, and would make NATO relatively useless against Russia. The nuclear capability of Great Britain is at present two per cent of that of the U.S., and de Gaulle's "force de frappe" will amount to only...
Unswerving Conviction. The French, who got no help from the U.S. in developing their force de frappe, were quick to crow that Britain's ties with the U.S. had brought it nothing but humiliation. By contrast, bragged French officials, the Skybolt fiasco only vindicated France's decision to...
It is De Gaulle's unswerving conviction that if the Russians were actually to invade Western Europe, no nation that was not directly attacked-meaning the U.S.-would invite nuclear devastation by helping its allies. Thus, unlike Britain's bomber force, which all along has been pledged to...