NO
France is a member of NATO.
Russia
Never, It still grows today
NATO as it exists today has over ever been called NATO. However, a precursor to NATO, which did not include the USA, was the Western Union Defence Organisation, a defence council set up by the UK, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Yes, NATO is currently still in existence. The Warsaw Pact disbanded in 1991. Many former Warsaw Pact allies are current NATO members.
NATO's role (when first founded) was to protect its member countries from the USSR. (Now Russia.) Since the USSR no longer exists, NATO's role is to protect the national sovereignty of its member countries.
the porpose of the nato now and then was to prevent an attack that is my option .
Buddha is dead. He has no impact on today. His teaching do.
The NATO group still exists and is growing bigger today
Today they are many and various, but the most important ones are the other members of NATO.
no ,7.62 has more impact in the shot you can shoot a .308 in a 7.62 ,but not 7.62 in a .308