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Macron has repeatedly stressed that a French president would always have ultimate power to decide whether to use the bomb — the same applies to Britain and the US within Nato.
Together, British and French nuclear capabilities would at least make Moscow think twice about attacking, said a senior western official.
However, “what really influences Russian decision-making is the scale of US deterrence”, he said. Europe would need at least a decade of spending at around 6-7 per cent of GDP if it wanted to emulate that and acquire another 1,000 warheads, he added.
I have never supported nukes before. Now I think; if you want to not be Ukraine, you need your own nukes. Noone is giving Ukraine nukes. They won’t give you nukes. They won’t use them on your behalf. No one wants to use them. But you need them non the less.
if you are surrounded by cooperating, well functioning democracies, then all is well. You can rely on the empathy of the voting poulace. Dictators, however, are unreliable.