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Le coût de l'arme nucléaire et son avantage comparatif

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  • Jacques Fontanel

    (CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble)

  • Fanny Coulomb

    (IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble, CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble)

Abstract

The economic analysis of nuclear deterrence is made difficult by military secrecy, the scarcity of available information and the imprecision of data. Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a gradual decline in the share of nuclear power in the equipment budget and in overall defence spending. However, the new international situation highlights the increased efforts of the major powers to strengthen their nuclear arsenals. New programmes have been launched, even if critics have argued against the excessive share of military nuclear research in France's R&D, arguing that it has high opportunity costs that would impact on the competitiveness of national civilian innovation. From a political and strategic point of view, the existence of the French nuclear deterrent is not really contested by political parties, even if, in comparison with the United States, this research has not had the same civilian spin-offs as those obtained by the United States in the same sector.

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  • Jacques Fontanel & Fanny Coulomb, 2006. "Le coût de l'arme nucléaire et son avantage comparatif," Post-Print hal-03247090, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03247090
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