2003 France Special Weapons News |
- SHAPE News Summary & Analysis: France expected to announce nuclear deterrent review SHAPE 28 Oct 2003 -- "France's nuclear deterrent is in the midst of a revolution. President Chirac is expected to confirm this within the weeks ahead (...) France's strike forces now target what the United States calls "rogue states," nations acquiring weapons of mass destruction."
- FRANCE / NUCLEAR VOA 09 Oct 2003 -- Environmental and citizens' rights groups in France are appealing a government decision to classify all nuclear-related information in France as defense secrets. The ban includes information on French nuclear reactors.
- G-8 Partnership Makes Progress in Effort to Prevent Spread of WMD Washington File 02 Jun 2003 -- The Group of Eight (G-8) leading industrial democracies announced that it has made significant progress in its effort -- begun last year -- to prevent weapons of mass destruction from falling into the hands of terrorists and state sponsors of terrorism.
- FRANCE / CHIRAC VOA 18 Feb 2003 -- President Jacques Chirac may be facing criticism in Europe and the United States, but many French are giving their leader high marks for his anti-war stance on Iraq. A new survey shows the popularity rating of France's conservative president is soaring.
- PLAGUE TEST VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- Scientists in France and Madagascar have developed an easy, reliable test to diagnose the plague, a sometimes fatal disease most common in developing countries, but feared to be a potential bioterrorist weapon
