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France: Military Alliances

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 2 September 2025UIN 69945

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July to Question 67413 on France: Military Alliances, whether his Department recognises any distinction between strategic and sub-strategic nuclear capabilities.

Answered by Maria Eagle

The UK does not categorise nuclear weapon capabilities as either strategic or sub-strategic. The UK and NATO have said that any employment of nuclear weapons against NATO would fundamentally alter the nature of a conflict.

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