France Beefs Up Missile Defence At Nuclear Reprocessing Plant

The French air force said on Tuesday it had stepped up defence at the country's international nuclear reprocessing plant, placing a third battery of ground-to-air missiles near the site at La Hague.

By Space War Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published November 20, 2001

The French air force said on Tuesday it had stepped up defence at the country's international nuclear reprocessing plant, placing a third battery of ground-to-air missiles near the site at La Hague.

In reaction to the September 11 kamikaze plane attacks on the United States, the air force installed two batteries of

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