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| France issues its citizens with an invasion guide - including how to survive a nuclear attack -... |
| 2025-03-20 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] France is set to issue a survival manual to households across the country, warning citizens how to respond to an invasion or any other 'imminent threat'. The dramatic move comes as tensions rise in Europe and fears grow over Russia's aggressive tactics. The new 20-page booklet, reportedly packed with 63 measures, will advise the French on how to protect themselves and their families in the event of armed conflict, natural disasters, industrial accidents or even a nuclear leak. It will include tips on how to create a 'survival kit' with essentials including six litres of water, canned food, batteries, a torch and basic medical supplies such as paracetamol and bandages. Crucially, it will offer advice on what to do if an attack is imminent, including how to join local defence efforts, such as signing up for reserve units or firefighting groups. Citizens will also be told to 'lock their doors' in the event of a nuclear incident - advice that has already drawn ridicule from commentators. Despite the alarming content, the French government insists the booklet is not a direct response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. President Emmanuel Macron has previously warned that Europe must be prepared to confront the 'Russian threat' and adapt to the possibility that America could scale back its military support. Earlier this week, Macron revealed that French fighter jets equipped with new generation hypersonic nuclear missiles will be sent to the German border as part of his bid to renew France's airborne nuclear deterrent. Officials from the General Secretariat for Defence and National Security (SGDSN), which oversaw the booklet's creation, claim the aim of the survival guide is simply to bolster France's resilience in the face of 'all types of crises'. The decision to draft the booklet reportedly dates back to 2022, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, as part of a national strategy to improve public preparedness. But the timing of its release - expected before summer if approved by Prime Minister François Bayrou - has raised eyebrows. French newspaper Le Figaro noted that the kit's rollout 'could easily suggest that the state is reacting to the unstable international situation'. Macron has recently called for Europe to rearm in the face of Russia's aggression in Ukraine and America's wavering commitment to upholding European security under Donald Trump. He initiated a doubling of the French defence budget over the course of his two terms and recently set an even higher target, saying the country should increase defence spending to 3-3.5 per cent of economic output from the current 2 per cent. France's public investment bank Bpifrance will launch a €450million (£377million) fund dedicated to financing defence projects as part of the country's efforts to ramp up military spending, finance minister Eric Lombard said on Thursday. 'French citizens will be able, by tranches of €500 (£419), to invest their money in the long term,' Lombard told TF1. French companies in the defence sector will need more than five billion euros in additional equity capital over the next few years, according to both the finance and the defence ministries. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 Nuclear attack, we’re on it. Machete attack, sucks to be you, mon ami. |
| Posted by: Glolutch Tingle1702 2025-03-20 21:30 |
| #2 Thought they already had an invasion guide: Stay out of the way of robbers, don't resist, and report after robbers were safely away. Don't go past that street. Don't be out past 6:00. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-03-20 13:04 |
| #1 No thought of following your neighbors, the Swiss, of an armed citizenry? Quelle surprise! |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-03-20 12:42 |