Sword for Peace and Liberty Volume 2: French Nuclear Forces 1990-2025

This period has been one of turbulence, with the initial peace dividend transitioning to a new era of strategic competition as old adversaries reemerge and new adversaries arise, alongside a proliferation of new technologies. Where, on the diplomatic front, the foreign policy of Paris supports international agreements, notably the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, credibility and legitimacy remain the main axis of the military defence policy. This volume provides a detailed illustrated survey of France's nuclear ballistic submarines, Mirage 2000 and Rafale fighter-bombers, imposing aircraft carriers, and computerized intelligence and command centres, taking the story of these forces from 1990 to the present and a projected future up to the end of this century. Volume 2 of A Sword for Peace and Liberty details the adaptation of the French nuclear strike forces to this challenging period to maintain a constant strategy of deterrence, the renewal of France's nuclear force, and how this will be projected into the remainder of the twenty-first the century with a new generation of fighter-bombers, submarines and missiles. This work is illustrated throughout with original photographs and includes the @War series' signature specially commissioned colour artworks and profiles. AUTHOR: A graduate in 1990 of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Law and Politics Institute), Philippe Wodka-Gallien is a member of the Institut Français d'Analyse Stratégique (IFAS), a think tank based in Paris. Expert of defense issues, he graduated from the IHEDN (Institute for High National Defense Studies), 47th national session. In 2015, he edited Nuclear forces a strategic perspective, a collective work published by Revue de Défense Nationale. A regular contributor to Revue Défense Nationale, he is the author of numerous articles in the professional media: Airways, Conflits, Marines & Forces Navales, and in Défense, the IHEDN magazine where he writes Les Chroniques de la dissuasion. 100 colour photos