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 "slug": "france-36-billion-lpm-2024-2030-2-5-percent-gdp-2500km-conventional-ballistic-missile-nuclear-expansion",
 "title": "France Adds €36 Billion to 2024–2030 Military Law; 2,500 km Ballistic Missile Studies Launched; Nuclear Arsenal to Expand",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/france-36-billion-lpm-2024-2030-2-5-percent-gdp-2500km-conventional-ballistic-missile-nuclear-expansion/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/france-36-billion-lpm-2024-2030-2-5-percent-gdp-2500km-conventional-ballistic-missile-nuclear-expansion/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-04-08T23:59:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:52:41.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 8 April 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * France on 8 April added €36 billion ($39 billion) to its 2024–2030 Loi de Programmation Militaire (LPM); annual budget reaches €76.3 billion in 2030, approximately double the 2017 baseline, with defence spending reaching 2.5% of GDP\n * Studies launched for a sovereign conventional ballistic missile with a range of up to 2,500 km, alongside upgrades to cruise missiles; nuclear arsenal to expand with an increase in warhead numbers — the first such",
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