France to Boost Nuclear Arsenal With US Commitments in Doubt

France will boost its nuclear arsenal and offer to temporarily deploy nuclear-capable fighter jets to allied countries in a massive realignment of Europe’s defense structure.

“A strengthening of our arsenal is indispensable,” President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech at the Ile Longue submarine base in Brittany on Monday. “To be free one must be feared, and to be feared one must be powerful.”