French nuclear weapons program

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/French_nuclear_weapons_program
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf nuclear test
gptkbp:civilianControl gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:ComprehensiveTestBanTreatySignatory yes
gptkbp:ComprehensiveTestBanTreatyYear 1996
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:currentWarheadsEstimate 290
gptkbp:doctrine deterrence
gptkbp:firstNuclearTest 1960
gptkbp:firstTestName gptkb:Gerboise_Bleue
gptkbp:firstTestYield 70 kilotons
gptkbp:historicalLandBasedMissiles gptkb:Hades_missile
gptkb:Pluton_missile
gptkb:S2_IRBM
gptkb:S3_IRBM
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label French nuclear weapons program
gptkbp:hydrogenBombTest 1968
gptkbp:hydrogenBombTestLocation gptkb:Fangataufa_Atoll
gptkbp:hydrogenBombTestYield 2.6 megatons
gptkbp:lastTestDate 1996
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Reggane
gptkb:Fangataufa_Atoll
gptkb:Mururoa_Atoll
In Ekker
gptkbp:memberState gptkb:NATO_(not_under_NATO_nuclear_sharing)
gptkbp:notableDeliverySystem gptkb:aircraft
submarine-launched ballistic missiles
land-based missiles (historical)
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Charles_de_Gaulle
gptkb:Yves_Rocard
gptkb:Pierre_Guillaumat
gptkbp:notableSeries gptkb:Canopus
gptkb:Gerboise
gptkbp:NPTSignatory yes
gptkbp:NPTYear 1992
gptkbp:nuclearTriad yes
gptkbp:nuclearWeapons yes
gptkbp:operator gptkb:French_Navy
gptkb:French_Air_and_Space_Force
gptkbp:policy gptkb:force_de_frappe
no first use (ambiguous)
strict national control
gptkbp:startDate 1945
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:testLocation gptkb:Fangataufa,_French_Polynesia
gptkb:Reggane,_Algeria
gptkbp:testRuns 210
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:M51_SLBM
gptkb:ASMPA_missile
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Direction_des_Applications_Militaires_(DAM)
gptkb:French_Alternative_Energies_and_Atomic_Energy_Commission
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6