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 "title": "Germany Will Join a French Nuclear Exercise for the First Time — Two Rafale Land at Nörvenich",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-first-french-nuclear-exercise-2026-rafale-norvenich-nuclear-steering-group/",
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 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-07-17T19:03:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:23:01.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNörvenich, 17 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The Franco-German Defence and Security Council — convened at Nörvenich air base during the 26th ministerial council at Brühl — agreed \"German conventional participation in a French nuclear exercise\" before the end of 2026, a first in the two countries' history; press reporting identifies the exercise as the Forces Aériennes Stratégiques' flagship \"Poker\" series\n * The step was prepared by the bilateral Nuclear Steering Group under the joint c",
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