He insisted on the development of a force de frappe, a nuclear deterrent, which at the time was considered a quintessential underpinning of superpower status. |
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L'occupation du terrain est la force de frappe des services charges de lutter contre ces fleaux. |
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All French forces, including the nuclear force de frappe, are affected. |
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An independent nuclear deterrent, the Force de Frappe, was a prestigious symbol of this new policy. |
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