PARIS, May 8 (Xinhua) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday announced the creation of a special navy troop to take part in a number of overseas missions, according to local media.

    The troop will only have about 30 members to begin with. They will be experts on reconnaissance, mine clearance, electronic warfare, nuclear warfare and biological and chemical warfare.

    The troop will be equipped with army dogs that can identify bombs.

    It is the French navy's sixth special troop and the first to be formed in the last 60 years. The existing five special troops wereformed in the Second World War.

    The new special troop will be mainly in charge of assisting command, control, communications and intelligence. The French military hopes the troop will become "another trump," when they take part in operations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and other organizations.