I mean, the opportunity for petty payback is real, for sure, but… I bet the french had dozens if not hundreds of war plans detailing using Germany as an excellent kill box for incoming Warsaw Pact tank divisions.
In 1991, due to the changing situation in Europe and to the German opposition to the program (which was openly designed to strike East Germany), restrictions were decided upon so as not to deploy the system…
UK: “But France, you could have hit Russia without hitting Germany!”
France: “Why would I want to do that?”
I mean, the opportunity for petty payback is real, for sure, but… I bet the french had dozens if not hundreds of war plans detailing using Germany as an excellent kill box for incoming Warsaw Pact tank divisions.
We were just planning a little nuclear strike:
yikes