French nuclear program

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf nuclear test
gptkbp:beganIn 1945
gptkbp:civilian_nuclear_program closely linked
gptkbp:civilian-military_overlap significant
gptkbp:Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty not ratified
signed
gptkbp:controversy tests in Algeria
tests in French Polynesia
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:current_warheads_(estimate,_2023) ~290
gptkbp:first_nuclear_test 1960
gptkbp:first_nuclear_test_site gptkb:Reggane,_Algeria
gptkbp:first_nuclear_weapon gptkb:Gerboise_Bleue
gptkbp:first_thermonuclear_test 1968
gptkbp:first_thermonuclear_test_site Fangataufa Atoll, French Polynesia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label French nuclear program
gptkbp:international_treaty_status NPT recognized nuclear-weapon state
gptkbp:key_air-launched_missile gptkb:ASMP-A
gptkbp:key_SLBM gptkb:M51_missile
gptkbp:key_submarine_class gptkb:Triomphant-class
gptkbp:last_nuclear_test 1996
gptkbp:last_nuclear_test_site Fangataufa Atoll, French Polynesia
gptkbp:militaryDoctrine gptkb:force_de_frappe
gptkbp:notable_test_series gptkb:Canopus
gptkb:Gerboise
gptkb:Licorne
gptkbp:NPT_signature 1992
gptkbp:nuclear_delivery_systems gptkb:aircraft
land-based missiles (historically)
submarine-launched ballistic missiles
gptkbp:nuclear_disarmament_policy reduction of arsenal since 1990s
gptkbp:nuclear_sharing no
gptkbp:nuclear_submarine_base gptkb:Île_Longue
gptkbp:nuclear_triad yes
gptkbp:nuclear_weapons_status nuclear-armed state
gptkbp:nuclear_weapons_storage gptkb:Île_Longue
air bases in France
gptkbp:number_of_nuclear_tests 210
gptkbp:opposedBy notable, especially in Polynesia
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Commissariat_à_l'énergie_atomique_(CEA)
gptkb:Direction_des_Applications_Militaires_(DAM)
gptkbp:reason_for_development national security
deterrence
strategic independence
gptkbp:relatedEvent end of all testing in 1996
end of atmospheric testing in 1974
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:EDF
Areva (Orano)
gptkbp:relatedTo civil nuclear energy program
gptkbp:ruled gptkb:Charles_de_Gaulle
gptkbp:関連法令 Treaty of Rarotonga (not signed)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Frédéric_Joliot-Curie
gptkb:Lew_Kowarski
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4