{
  "id": "france-airborne-nuclear",
  "name": "French airborne nuclear forces",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "nuclear",
  "country": "FRA",
  "category": "Nuclear force component",
  "status": "active",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "FRA"
  ],
  "summary": "Rafale aircraft of the Strategic Air Forces and Naval Nuclear Aviation armed with the ASMPA/ASMPA-R cruise missile.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "platforms",
      "v": "About 40 Rafale BF3 (EC 1/4, EC 2/4, Saint-Dizier); at least 10 Rafale MF3 (Landivisiau)",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-fra-2025"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "delivery",
      "v": "ASMPA and ASMPA-R (range up to 500 km); 54 ASMPA produced",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-fra-2025"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "warhead_type",
      "v": "TNA",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-fra-2025"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "program",
      "v": "ASN4G hypersonic successor, IOC 2035; Luxeuil to regain a nuclear mission by 2035",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-fra-2025"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "nuclear",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from French nuclear weapons, 2025 (FAS Nuclear Notebook)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/france-airborne-nuclear.html",
  "sources": {
    "fas-nn-fra-2025": {
      "title": "French nuclear weapons, 2025",
      "publisher": "Federation of American Scientists Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists",
      "url": "https://thebulletin.org/premium/2025-07/french-nuclear-weapons-2025/",
      "published": "2025-07-01",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}