"Cooperation with Italy is being prepared under the Logistic Support Ship Program (LSS) entrusted to the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAr). An adaptation study of the ship's architecture, already commissioned for the Italian Navy, is conducted to meet the specificities of the ...

The French AF has their own Commando (SF) force; is that true for the navy, as well? And (if so) are there any dedicated air assets - like we have for the consolidated SF "Directorate"? Wikipedia explains better than I can explain, the link in English, the current workforce is 4,300 perso...

- The equipment budget of armies goes from 18.2 billion in 2018 to 19.5 billion euros in 2019 (+ 7%) - 2019 Finance Bill: net creation of 450 jobs at the Ministry of the Armed Forces, 73% of which in intelligence, cyber defense and "action in digital space" - "No major problem" o...

Hi ACC, I have a link very interesting in english about "aéronavale" http://www.defaultlogic.com/learn?s=French_Naval_Aviation _________________________ Regarding the National Gendarmerie is present on 95% of the territory where 50% of the population lives. Thus a very organized territoria...

No, the French National Gendarmerie is an armed force charged with police missions and placed under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior. With 100,000 civilian and military personnel and 8 billion euros of budget. Since 1 January 2009, the National Gendarmerie, which until then had been u...

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articl ... eries.html

Already said but I give it back.

Very interesting document. https://www.defense.gouv.fr/content/download/542046/9287765/file/Defense%20Key%20Figures%202018.pdf The key figures of the defense, published each year by the Ministry of the Armies, are precious bases to estimate the masses, budgetary, human and capacity. The defense miss...

Very important. The President of the Republic yesterday promoted about twenty harkis and 16 members of associations of support to the harkis in the order of the Legion of Honor. Next Tuesday, other measures in their favor should be announced by the Secretary of State. Emmanuel Macron has promoted 37...

abc123 wrote:Considering that they have over 10% of foreigners, thats relativly new thing...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_imm ... tive,_2014

The details of the referendum.

The rise of nationalism in europe has not be caused by the lack of a political super structure keeping nations in line but fuelled by one. Most people of Europe want there nations to be freindly cooperate and trade with each other but not have rules forced apon them which no matter how democratic a...

Without a minimum of institutions, the risk of war in Europe is possible, with the rise of nationalism nothing says what will be done in the future, I do not believe that the EU will last like that long, as I said it is done without people, so we need more democracy, an EU that looks like Switzerlan...

The most I can see happening and hope happens is a close cooperation between nations on trade and defence with out a political structure to it. We need a decentralized political and democratic structure, I do not see any future for Europe without it, except an explosion of the structure, but the Ge...

Jake1992 wrote:That's the thing it wouldn't be a German military would it, it'd be a European miltary and as with the rest of the eu the first and final say on anything would come from Germany

Right with the current organization, but if we change the organization with a system more decentralized this can work !

Lord Jim wrote:Mind you at least France will have the responsibility for leading the planned European Army.

I do not believe in a European army, military cooperation yes, but no common army, and I can not imagine a European army without the British Forces.

Of course BAe could try to take over one or more German AFV manufacturers as part of their CR2 bid. Why they sold their ownership of HK I will never understand. I truly hope BREXIT doesn't ruin any future co operation but at present it is leaving a bad taste in the mouth. I would be very happy for ...

Minister of Armies Florence Parly confirmed on September 20 that the delivery schedule of the A330 MRTT would be accelerated. "By 2023, the Air Force will have 12," she said on social media. In this way, the ambitions set out in the Military Planning Act, whose annexed report states that ...

With joy, the French president hopes so too

Minister of Armies Florence Parly announced that the 2019 army budget to be presented on Monday will be "35.9 billion euros, 1.7 billion more than in 2018" "This year, it will be the first time that we start a new program on very healthy bases, "rejoices the minister who specifie...

It would appear that this is to scare the Chinese that would have views of the island Sakhalin

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/06/18/ ... siles.html

I can not find a video US that talked about Jaguar

ArmChairCivvy wrote: However, my question is: will they carry the ATGWs as per normal, or only when such opposition (MBTs) is expected?

Hi ACC, happy to reread you

As far as I know, the 300 Jaguars are expected to have four MMPs each, two in the turret and two in the cockpit.

Little video about the Jaguar





It's not a little vehicle

https://www.lopinion.fr/sites/nb.com/files/2018/09/img_4116.jpg https://www.lopinion.fr/sites/nb.com/files/2018/09/img_4114.jpg Nexter to presented a model scale 1 of Serval, the future VBMR light (armoured multi-role vehicle) of the french army . 2000 should be delivered from 2022 to replace the V...

I hope

Sorry for my approximative english. The Rafale is available with a real total transfer of technology, including source code, as a result, a country could, in complete independence, ensure the maintenance, support and development of its Rafale, the integration of weapons, communication systems. Thus,...