French President Nicolas Sarkozy has indicated that France would continue to reduce its nuclear arsenal to fewer than 300 warheads. The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) has estimated the French nuclear arsenal to be 348 warheads of which 288 were deployed on submarines, 50 on air-launched cruise missiles and 10 bombs. President Sarkozy also called for all nuclear powers to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and proposed talks on a treaty banning nuclear-armed short and medium-range ground-to-ground missiles. He also called for an immediate moratorium on the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons and a treaty banning its production1.

• 1. Steven Erlanger, “France Adds Nuclear Sub and Vows to Cut Warheads,” The New York Times, March 22, 2008, at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/world/europe/22france.html?sq=nuclear&...