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== Île Longue strategic submarine base == |
== Île Longue strategic submarine base == |
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[[File:Ile longue-with zones.svg|thumb|Three zones of the base]] |
[[File:Ile longue-with zones.svg|thumb|Three zones of the base]] |
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In 1965, President [[Charles de Gaulle]] chose Île Longue as home for the sea-based component of the {{lang|fr|[[Force de frappe]]}}. The place was chosen because it was close to a large harbour, yet distant enough to stay out of the public's eye, and was easily controlled and defended. Île Longue is the command center for France's ballistic missile submarines.<ref name="KristensenKorda2019"/> |
In 1965, President [[Charles de Gaulle]] chose Île Longue as home for the sea-based component of the {{lang|fr|[[Force de frappe]]}}. The place was chosen because it was close to a large harbour, yet distant enough to stay out of the public's eye, and was easily controlled and defended. Île Longue is the command centre for France's ballistic missile submarines.<ref name="KristensenKorda2019"/> |
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Work began in 1967 and took five years. The peninsula was completely changed, as the isthmus was widened and consolidated, and the peninsula itself gained {{convert|30|hectare|lk=in}}s. Two [[dry dock]]s were built, as well as numerous habitation, engineering and defence buildings, and approximately 24 vertical missile silos. Missiles are assembled just south of the base, at the Guenvénez Missile Storage and Maintenance Area.<ref name="KristensenKorda2019">{{cite journal|last1=Kristensen|first1=Hans M.|last2=Korda|first2=Matt|title=French nuclear forces, 2019|journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists|volume=75|issue=1|year=2019|pages=51–55|issn=0096-3402|doi=10.1080/00963402.2019.1556003 |bibcode=2019BuAtS..75a..51K |doi-access=free}}</ref> |
Work began in 1967 and took five years. The peninsula was completely changed, as the isthmus was widened and consolidated, and the peninsula itself gained {{convert|30|hectare|lk=in}}s. Two [[dry dock]]s were built, as well as numerous habitation, engineering and defence buildings, and approximately 24 vertical missile silos. Missiles are assembled just south of the base, at the Guenvénez Missile Storage and Maintenance Area.<ref name="KristensenKorda2019">{{cite journal|last1=Kristensen|first1=Hans M.|last2=Korda|first2=Matt|title=French nuclear forces, 2019|journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists|volume=75|issue=1|year=2019|pages=51–55|issn=0096-3402|doi=10.1080/00963402.2019.1556003 |bibcode=2019BuAtS..75a..51K |doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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