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Radio New Zealand - French response level to terrorist attack spelled out
French president Jacques Chirac says France would be ready to use nuclear weapons against any state that carried out a terrorist attack against it.
During a visit to a nuclear submarine base in northwestern France, the President said there was no change in France's overall policy, which rules out the use of nuclear weapons in a military conflict.
But he said the leaders of states who would use terrorist means against France, as well as those who would consider using weapons of mass destruction; would lay themselves open to a firm response on France's part.
Mr Chirac said that reponse could be conventional - or of a different kind.
It was the first time the French President had so clearly linked the threat of a nuclear response to a terrorist attack.
January 19, 2006 at 06:21 PM in Europe | Permalink | Top of page | Blog Home