FRENCH FUSION - Defense officials aim for fully fused air-defense radar network

摘要

The only light visible at the air base in Brittany, northwest France, came from the dark blue and green taxiway lights. The only sound came from crickets. The author barely had time to contemplate this tranquility before the calm was shattered by the takeoff of a Mirage 2000 combat aircraft on Quick Reaction Alert. The French Air Force routinely deploys such aircraft to investigate suspicious activity in French airspace, such as a commercial airliner failing to respond to air traffic control radio calls.