Why Would Europe Trust France with ALL the Nukes? || Mar. 5, 2026
Macron is proposing that France expand its nuclear deterrent to help shield the entire European Union. This comes at a time when Europe is losing confidence in the United States' security guarantees. But there are major obstacles in the way.
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Yeah, but Trump is a very stable genius. He takes three cognitive test a month everything so far in this administration has gone swimmingly.
So say we all!
That's why Europe and France need a conventional army to defend Estonia, because if Russian troops roll over French soldiers who go back to Paris in coffins, then a nuclear strike is much more plausible. Not likely, but possible enough to make Russians think twice before attacking.
Why are we not seeing the MIC speak out about how many sales Drumpf is costing them?
Greenland should wish for some.
Peter... that was brilliant... "Deputy Education Minister " ... ... a beautiful oblique tribute to the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series which aired on TV from 2003 to 2009, in which the Secretary of Education ends up becoming President when everyone else above her is dead. LOL Loved it.
Trump is a global order vandal.
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Noem has been fired… but wait… Trumpie has made a new job just for her….. GEE…. I wonder why he would do that?
He likes that she does what she's told. 😉 Very pliant.
A Nuke for you and a Nuke for you, Nukes for everyone. Iran, NO Nukes for you! When our dear leader began treating our allies like shit, I commented that they would start to develop and deploy their own nuclear deterrent. Well, here ya go. Thank you, Donald J. Trump. Hey MAGA, how's arrogant isolationism working out for ya?
If Britain steps in to help Ukraine in an extraordinary way (which it seems willing to do) might not the EU forgive Brexit and readmit them (and their nukes etc) without the impossible penalties? It makes too much economic sense; they must at loeast be considering it.
The US and Israel are making it very difficult/impossible for Iran to become a nuclear power. There is a big cost involved with that status, as with North Korea, even with help from China.
True. Only US, Russia, China, UK, France, and possibly North Korea have thermonuclear weapons meaning weapons with enriched uranium and plutonium separated from used nuclear fuel. India, Pakistan, and Israel have fission weapons, using only enriched uranium. Japan has plutonium separation capability.
Solution. No nukes at all. Anybody that tries gets completely and totally shunned by the entire world until they comply. Probably impossible to do but that seems to be the only real solution,
Ah yes, but if the Estonians called the Poles in Warsaw it would be GAME ON, fire up the tanks! Good bye Luky....
Best argument for the UK to side with Europe and not the US. UK becomes the easy target when the US lashes out if it sides with US interests against Europe.
EU countries with operating nuclear power plants Country Bombs per Year (based upon installed Nuclear Capacity (GW x 12) France 736 Finland 52 Sweden 87 Spain 85 Belgium 70 Czechia 51 Slovakia 24 Hungary 24 Bulgaria 24 Romania 15 Netherlands 6 Slovenia 8 Non‑EU European countries with nuclear power plants Country Russia (European part) 360 Ukraine 157 United Kingdom 70 Switzerland 39 Belarus 28 Total 1836 Doesn't include Germany, which could probably get things up and running quickly. Norway and Denmark will probably want to have nukes too.
Do Norway and Denmark have nuclear facilities though? Scandinavia is one of the few regions that I could see one country (such as Sweden/Finland) having nukes and then extending that umbrella to their family nations.
Well, it isn't quite *that* simple to make nukes. And it wouldn't be cheap or easy to hide. But I'll grant you that - despite carefully sown disinformation on design - most countries could figure it out simple atomic bombs. More serious thermonuclear bombs would be quite a bit harder. In terms of blood soaked history, China wins that prize.
The UK was also part of the nuclear umbrella discussed for European countries. Also, yesterday Poland announced that they will be developing nuclear weapons and will join the nuclear umbrella for European countries. The potential for a radioactive neighbourhood would be a strong alignment of European interests and 3 nuclear powers would make a powerful deterrent - so I don't see all the others feeling compelled to develop their own.
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If we somehow avoid nuclear war, which I'm still somewhat optimistic about, future generations will look back on this period as a time of wasted potential.
I agree. It started in 1989 and was a slide ever since.
I don't buy it. going from waste plutonium mixed in with nuclear waste to a deliverable weapon and all that goes with it is a huge lift. Way, way beyond what most countries with little or no defense industry can do. The French have consistently tried to take a leadership role in Europe and no one trusts them to do so, by their own admission they don't have allies they have interests.
If the US exits the global security business then everyone arms up with nukes. Now Washington doesn't get a say in anyone's national security policies anymore especially in Europe.
This comment made me laugh out loud. 🤣
What we seem to have forgotten: https://youtu.be/vrwAk875sIc?si=g24yl6xTWy0tb7Hr
…but I am… le tired. I know I’ve posted this before but when you wake up and someone’s all like “yeah, nuclear proliferation this, what happens if Estonia get’s all Battle Star Galatica’d that..” we need some levity! https://youtu.be/kCpjgl2baLs?si=2uHTWuY4ByvcYq07
Well, at least Alaska can come, too…