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European space specialist ArianeGroup evacuated and secured sites in Le Haillan and Saint-Médard-en-Jalles where it makes rocket motors for its launchers and France’s M51 submarine-launched nuclear missile.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

There will be no explicit "guarantee" given to partner countries, and it is the president of France who will retain sole decision-making power over when to fire a nuclear missile.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

The deployment of Soviet nuclear missile sites on the island triggered the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when Washington and Moscow took the world to the brink of nuclear war.

From Barron's Jan. 12, 2026

It wasn’t a nuclear missile that failed to work, it was an interceptor.

From Salon Nov. 2, 2025

Soviet forces in Eastern Europe, including nuclear missile crews, moved into high alert.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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