Originally Posted by
golder
Except for the time they gave France, their land based, marine nuke engine. That they used to make their 'own'.
Please elaborate? (out of interest)
Are you referring to Le Redoutable's reactor?
Or the earlier Q-244?
7 May 1959: Under the Franco-American Defense Agreement of 1959, the U.S. provided France with 440 kg of enriched uranium for use only in a land-based submarine reactor prototype.
U.S. Congress refused to grant France access to classified submarine reactor design information.
1959: The Q-244 project was finally abandoned.
V comprehensive presentation here on all nations nuclear marine capabilities/history:
http://www.lynceans.org/wp-content/u...-nuc-power.pdf