The country plans to station its most advanced Rafale F5 fighter jets at the base, armed with powerful ASN4G hypersonic nuclear cruise missiles. French President Emmanuel Macron made the ...

The French Nuclear Warning Shot The Rafale F5 From ASMP to ASN4G Luxeuil, known locally as Base Aérienne 116, had been a part of France’s nuclear deterrent infrastructure until 2011 ...

Since the 1980s, ONERA has been at the heart of the development of airborne nuclear missiles, working under the guidance of the General Directorate of Armament (DGA). The office has supported MBDA, ...

A future standard of the aircraft is to carry the ASN4G hypersonic nuclear missile from Luxeuil-St Sauveur Air Base from 2035. (Dassault) France is to strengthen its nuclear defence posture ...