Test Facilities Underscore Depth of French Nuclear Commitment
Credit: DGA PHOTOS
Behind the multibillion-dollar effort to renew France's nuclear arsenal lies a huge investment in test infrastructure, most of it for the new M51 ballistic missile. Among the facilities--for the most part unique in Europe--is an underwater rig named Cetace (Cetacean), near the Toulon naval base in...
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