Missiles Stationed at 2 Sensitive Sites
The French military has positioned surface-to-air missiles at two sensitive military and nuclear processing sites in western France as a precaution against airborne suicide attacks, a defense official in Paris said Wednesday.
The missile systems were installed to protect Ile Longue, a nuclear submarine base in Brittany, and La Hague, the site of Europe’s largest nuclear waste reprocessing plant, air force spokesman Frederic Solano said.
Radar systems capable of scouting out airplanes flying at low altitudes were put into service near the two sites Friday.
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