ultime avertissement

Noun

 * 1)  the recourse to the use of limited, sub- or prestrategic, tactical nuclear strikes as part of a nuclear deterrent, constituting a “final warning” and the last measure before strategic nuclear bombardment;, such a strike
 * 2) * 1988, David Garnham, The Politics of European Defense Cooperation, pages 53 and 56:
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- They were not battlefield weapons but the l’ultime avertissement (final warning) prior to the use of strategic forces. French conventional forces have two roles: to defend the FRG conventionally alongside the allies if the president makes that determination, but also to conduct the national deterrent maneuver (to test the enemy’s intentions) prior to the use of prestrategic (l’ultime avertissement) weapons.


 * 1) * 2009, Marco Rimanelli, The A to Z of NATO and Other International Security Organizations, “force de frappe”
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 * 1) * 2009, Marco Rimanelli, The A to Z of NATO and Other International Security Organizations, “force de frappe”
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 * 1) * 2009, Marco Rimanelli, The A to Z of NATO and Other International Security Organizations, “force de frappe”
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- France’s nuclear weapons would be a “warning shot” (ultime avertissement) against enemy advances prior to a full-scale nuclear attack on key Soviet cities, in a “worse-case” stratégie du faible au fort (“weak-to-strong strategy”) of mutual assured destruction.