The chairman of the French national assembly's defence committee said Monday France and Britain might cooperate in the field of nuclear submarines.
In an interview with right-wing daily Le Figaro, Guy Teissier of the ruling UMP said the two countries could "avoid redundancies and share their resources," adding: "We can envisage cooperation between our nuclear submarines."
Teissier said: "This could only happen in a period of relative peace, like today" because "in case of crisis, each one should take back possession of its own dissuasion (force), since nuclear fire cannot be shared."
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Given the independence of France - a la force de Frappe - as well as the extreme cost of US and French SSBNs, I don't think actual sharing SSBN defence is on the table.
ReplyDeleteFor example, if the main enemy (Russia) invaded half of France I don't think the UK would risk nuclear obliteration of the UK (eg. London) in defence of some areas of France.
If France-UK are talking information sharing, eg. patrol coodination to avoid future SSBN collisions, then this is different and sensible.
Pete