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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


2003 France Special Weapons News



  • EADS selected by French DGA to supply an experimental aircraft and test facility EADS 07 Nov 2003 -- EADS has received from the French armament procurement agency (DGA) a contract covering the design, production and operation of the airborne test facility MAMO (Moyen Aéroporté de Mesures Optroniques - Airborne optronic measurement facility) over a ten year period. The value of the contract is 22 Million euros.
  • 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.
  • ThalesRaytheonSystems selected by French Government to Develop New Air Defense Radar Thales 01 Oct 2003 -- ThalesRaytheonSystems has signed a 70 M' contract with the French defense procurement agency, Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (DGA), to develop a demonstrator for a new generation of air defense radar. The contract will be conducted in partnership with the Thales Group.
  • 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



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