Macron says France will increase size of its nuclear arsenal

Macron said, 'We are ‌currently experiencing ⁠a period of geopolitical upheaval ‌fraught ‌with risk.'

Paris: France will increase the ⁠size of its ⁠nuclear arsenal ‌and strengthen ​its deterrent, with an increasing risk of ​conflicts ⁠globally crossing the nuclear threshold, President Emmanuel ⁠Macron ‌said on Monday.

"We are ‌currently experiencing ⁠a period of geopolitical upheaval ‌fraught ‌with risk," Macron ‌said ‌in a speech delivered from a submarine ⁠base ⁠in Brittany, adding that a "hardening" of the French deterrence model ​was needed.