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Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman
The Russians are many things, stupid is not one of them. An attack on France is almost guaranteed to bring them into the war on NATO's side.
Sure some neutral countries would of been hit but i don't think the soviets would of done much against France, not after they made such a show of staying out of the war.
France has a significant military, both conventional and nuclear with a strong naval capability. As long as they stayed neutral I don't honestly see the soviets gunning for them. Why risk bringing them into the war when they are happy to sit out and watch?
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Agreed. Whilst nuking Venezuela or Mexico (for example) would incur little real consquences to either side, an important point to consider is that France is unique amongst neutral nations in that it has the ability to retaliate in kind for any nuclear strikes against it.
Personally, I rather like the option put forward on the etranger site
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During this period French ports and oil facilities were struck. France asked, and was given permission, to transit German airspace. The hope was that France would enter the war on the side of NATO. CoFAS responded with the ‘pre-strategic’ ASMP strikes against selected Soviet targets. For every strike against France, one Soviet target was hit. The point had been made France would stay out of the war if left alone.
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Full article is on the following link
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dh...ical/PGAA1.htm