How France’s wildfires are becoming a national security threat

As record-breaking wildfires burned through France this week, they neared a hub of aerospace and defense industry sites, threatening plants that house rocket fuel and missiles. This is far from the first time climate change has threatened defense infrastructure. In Greece, wildfires reached an ammunition depot in 2023, setting off a series of explosions. In the U.S., climate impacts including flooding, wildfire, drought, and extreme winds have already affected half of the military’s more than 3,

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