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As for the middle east, why does any country send troops? Oil, a resource France, like every other country, really, really needs. It'd be astonishing if they didn't have a presence there! Quote:
And what about conventional attacks? Not everything has to be nuked, not when conventional explosives emplaced by saboteurs will do the job. Nukes against French interests may prompt retaliation in kind, while sabotage may be either ignored in the big picture, or illicit a similar "low scale" retaliation by commandos.
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I'll add some fuel to this fire by pointing out that there are inventories of replacement satellites kept in parking orbits for situations where segments of satellite networks fail. Backups, if you will, that can be maneuvered into place where a former satellite was.
This still takes a lot of work on the ground presuming the backups weren't hit, too. Also you'd have to wonder if the backup satellites weren't already moved into place. But it is worth considering.
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Probably were if they could be - and hit by the same ASATs and shrapnel that took out the originals.
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Brazil: http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/brazil/nuke.htm Chile??? I duno where they would get nukes from, but I don't think French Guyana would be on their list. Quote:
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Not directly, no, just the reference to neutrals being attacked to remove those assets for enemy use. It's up to the individual GM to decide for themselves if if was hit or not. There is a case for it, though it's debatable how strong that case is.
For my game world, it's getting hit in some way, although probably just a conventional guerilla attack on fuel storage or something like that which would take the facility out of action for a few years. Rocket fuel isn't the most stable of substances... ![]()
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Disclaimer - I do not have any books in front of me - all of this is from memory so I can't quote page numbers etc. Someone that does have the relevant books and cares enough to check can likely verify (or not) the following (Legbreaker?)
I think there is a reference to French Guyana in the V2 NATO vehicle guide. IIRC it mentions that there's a large detachment of Foreign Legion troops providing security for the Space Centre. I don't think it specifically says whether or not said Space Centre is intact or not so each individual would need to draw their own conclusions as to whether a large detachment of Foreign Legion troops would be tasked to provide security for either a) an at least semi functional site or b) a pile of radioactive ruins. I choose to go for A. Quote:
Or a typo.
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Not sure where you looked - this is what I found (with page number) V2.2 NATO Combat Vehicle Handbook, p88 3RD FOREIGN LEGION INFANTRY REGIMENT (REI) Subordination: Latin American Regional Command Current Location: Kourou Manpower: 350 (Emphasis mine) Kourou is the location of the Guiana Space Centre V2.2 NATO Combat Vehicle Handbook, p88 9TH MARINE INFANTRY BATTALION (BIM) Subordination: Latin American Regional Command Current Location: Cayenne Manpower: 450 (Emphasis mine) Cayenne is the capital of French Guiana So there is a large contingent of Foreign Legion troops in the vicinity of the site of the Guiana Space Centre and another large contingent of French troops in the capital of French Guiana.. I was mistaken about their purpose being stated - it's not. I got that from here http://www.oocities.org/littlegreenm...T2K_France.htm And then there's this from wikipedia Quote:
So I'll stick with option A.
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Missed on the spelling.
Oh well, we've learnt something.
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The other units in the command also appear to have suffered very heavily. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_Ma...antry_Regiment https://translate.google.com.au/tran...es&prev=search
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Hmm, that certainly does suggest that either the space launch facility is intact, or there's enough left that the French think it's worth protecting with a considerable investment of manpower.
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