Original sentence: Hence, the French government was required to develop an IT capability to support the development of the Force de Frappe.It is Charles de Gaulle, however, who upon his return to power in 1958 implemented the initial vision into the reality of a fully independent Force de Frappe endowing France with autonomous means to protect itself against external aggression without reliance on third parties such as NATO, which de Gaulle considered to be dominated by the United States.It is also noteworthy that the French nuclear deterrent was developed wholly without recourse on foreign elements or technology (unlike the UK nuclear deterrent which depends on US manufactured Trident Missiles and guidance systems).It is noteworthy that one reason the French State nationalized the State Computer Company Groupe Bull was not due to "socialist" ideology of meddling in the private sector but rather due to the USA refusing to provide technological assistance to an ostensible "ally" to develop the IT necessary for developing the French Nuclear Deterrent, and for the country's need to endow itself with the means to do so.One hypothetical scenario which concerned France was that, in the event of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe, the United States, already bogged down in the Vietnam War and mindful of Soviet retaliation against the United States proper, might not come to the aid of its Western European sattelites.This eliminates the possibility that the deterrent may be immobilized by the supplier activating hidden safeguard mechanisms in the event there might be a divergence in political policy
Edited sentence: In particular, France was concerned that, in the event of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe, the United States, already bogged down in the Vietnam War and afraid of Soviet retaliation against the United States proper, would not come to the aid of its Western European allies.It is Charles de Gaulle, however, who upon his return to power in 1958 solidified the initial vision into the well-defined concept of a fully independent Force de Frappe capable of protecting France from a Soviet attack independently from NATO, which de Gaulle considered to be dominated by the United States to an unacceptable degree