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I think it's time to create a thread about the ongoing (and growing) insurgency in Cabo Delgado province,Mozambique where security forces are facing Islamist groups (including ISIS) wishing to establish an Islamic state in this part of Africa. (A region also rich in natural ressources) The...

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has signed a new contract with state-owned Kharkiv Morozov Design Bureau (KMDB), part of the UkrOboronProm, for the serial production of an indigenous BTR-4 8×8 armoured fighting vehicle. The long-awaited contract for up to 75 new armoured vehicles includes two...

There was no change of attitude against the PKK I believe,France since a long time ago considered the PKK as a terrorist organization. Regularely people are arrested and charged for funding this organization. (More like extorting Kurds in France) In fact the two parties I cited above are...

The French communist was once one of the biggest party in the country after WW2 til the end of the 70's,but began to decline afterwards. It's no longer a major political force,they have 10 MPs. The Unbowed France of Jean Luc Mélenchon (you must have heard of him once at least) gained quite a...

These people were indicted for "terror financing and organized gang extortion in connection with a terrorist group". Last year four people were investigated for collecting funds for the PKK from Kurdish communities in southwest France. Meanwhile the French communist party and the unbowed France...

At least 10 suspected YPG/PKK terrorists were detained in southwestern France, French media reported Tuesday. Local media, citing judicial sources, reported that the operation against the PKK was carried out at the request of the Paris anti-terrorism judge. The suspects, including a woman...

I think lot of people wouldn't mind seeing Russian backed terrorists getting TB2ED. There has been too much impunity.

Today 4 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a mortar attack in eastern Ukraine,the highest death toll suffered in a single day since 2019.

Despite the teacher being suspended and the school apologizing,more protestors gathered at the gates of the school. The school was forced to shut and put under police protection.

A local community leader speaks to the crowd of parents outside a Batley Grammar School, West Yorks, after a teacher allegedly showed derogatory caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Photograph: Lee McLean/SWNS...

French AF Rafales flying in formation during the air parade to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Greece's independence.

Congratulations to Greece ! The French Navy frigate Languedoc was in Greece,in Piraeus for the celebrations of Greece's independence.

@Nein2.0 @Costin84 @Nilgiri LMAO,nothing's right in this video. The guy high on meth stealing a dominos pizza car in 30 seconds,getting pulled over few seconds later,the conversation having no sense at all,the cop letting him go,the guy asking a stranger if he needs a ride.... Welcome to...

There are many reasons for it ; It would cost too much to maintain a small arms industry compared to the needs of the French armed forces. Because the market is already very competitive,too much arms makers and survival is hard. Decision makers consider our sovereignty ins't put in question...

Three members of a Russian bomber's air crew died when their ejection seats accidentally activated during preflight checks, the military said. The Russian Defence Ministry said the incident happened at an airbase in the Kaluga region, about 145 kilometres south-west of Moscow. It said the crew...

In French we use to say "Les promesses n'engagent que ceux qui y croient". (Which could be translated to something like "promises only bind those who believe in them") :)

The French Navy estimates the potential of the Lafayette frigates til 2030 approximately.

I'm not denying Damen's offer is really solid,just that there are more things to take into account as I said in my above post. As for those two frigates (Jean Bart and Latouche Tréville) as much as they are proposed as a temporary or stop gap solution,those frigates should have been scraped...