Secret No More

France secretly upgraded its nuclear arsenal. It now includes nuclear weapons specifically designed to create EMPs - electromagnetic pulses that can knock out communications and electronics that aren't hardened against such effects.

France has secretly modified its nuclear arsenal to increase the strike range and accuracy of its weapons. The move comes weeks after President Jacques Chirac warned that states which threatened the country could face the "ultimate warning" of a nuclear retaliation.

A military source quoted yesterday by the Libération newspaper claimed France had tinkered with its nuclear weapons to improve their strike capability and make this threat more credible.

It's not much of a secret if we're reading about it in the papers, is it?

What is interesting is that the paper claims that the targets include those in Asia and the Middle East. Wonder who they could be referring to.