US EditionFrance Faked a Nuclear Air Raid in Its Own Skies This Week, without Notice.
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– BFMTV On the night of Monday to Tuesday, the French Air Force conducted extensive exercises called Poker, simulating a nuclear attack scenario. Forty aircraft—Rafale and Mirage 2000 fighters, tanker aircraft, and AWACS—were sent into the skies over France to simulate a large-scale nuclear strike, BFMTV reports. "This is a way to demonstrate to our adversary our ability to carry out the nuclear deterrent mission. We are following the instructio…
Operation Poker has just simulated a life-size nuclear air raid in the French sky. Led by the Strategic Air Force, it has mobilized nearly forty aircraft this week.
French nuclear deterrence is based on two pillars, one submarine and the other airborne. To guarantee the credibility of this second component, the strategic air forces regularly conduct life-size exercises. An aerial nuclear raid exercise has just mobilised forty aircraft in a scenario simulating a high-intensity conflict. Forty aircraft gathered over Brittany in the middle of the night Operation Poker, conducted on the night of March 17-18, 20…
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