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    Army French army VBMR-L "Serval"

    Tests are still ongoing,notably resistance to IEDs and loading into an A400M. A first order of 364 vehicles will be made before the end of the year.
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    Army French army VBMR-L "Serval"

    Texelis has announced the serial production of the Serval will begin next week. 978+1060 Serval will be produced.
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    Army French army VBMR-L "Serval"

    The vehicle is currently undergoing tests.
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    Greece Air-Force Greek Rafale Program

    Greece’s purchase of Rafale fighter jets, whose acquisition is expected to be approved by the Greek Parliament next week, was discussed on Tuesday by Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos and his French counterpart Florence Parly. The French minister, who also discussed wider bilateral...
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    Four Times A Year, France ‘Nukes’ Itself

    Every three months, dozens of French air force fighters, tankers and radar planes take off at bases across France, form up over the Atlantic Ocean then split up and practice penetrating air-defenses and dropping nuclear bombs on French soil. These quarterly exercises, code name “Poker,” don’t...
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    France Conducts First Firing of Renovated ASMPA Nuclear Air-Launched Cruise Missile

    France performed the primary firing of the renovated ASMPA nuclear-armed air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) on Dec. 9, French Ministry of the Armed Forces introduced. The missile, developed by MBDA, was fired from a Dassault Rafale fighter jet which took off from Cazaux Air Base (Base aérienne...
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    Casual Discussion The Meme Thread

    This one made me laugh actually. :ROFLMAO:
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    French army gets ethical go-ahead for bionic soldiers

    (CNN)The French armed forces now have permission to develop "augmented soldiers" following a report from a military ethics committee. The report, released to the public on Tuesday, considers medical treatments, prosthetics and implants that improve "physical, cognitive, perceptive and...
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    Prosecutors request 5 years to life for suspects in Charlie Hebdo trial

    Prosecutors in France have asked for sentences ranging from five years to life in prison for 14 suspected accomplices of the Islamist gunmen who murdered cartoonists and other staff at the satirical weekly, and killed hostages at a Jewish supermarket in Paris in 2015. Sixteen people were killed...
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    Ali Onaner named as new Turkish ambassador to France

    Well,we know very well where Ali is going to be sent in case his job in France isn't satisfying. 😀
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    Ali Onaner named as new Turkish ambassador to France

    Ali Onaner,a francophone that was Macron's classmate at the ENA school (national administration school) and Macron's friend has been named as the new Turkish ambassador to France. He's currently Turkey's ambassador to Tunisia. It might show a desire to appease the relations between the countries.
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    French army to get underground combat facilities

    The urban training center of the French army is going to be extended with the creation of underground combat facilities (caves,sewers,cellars....) to train French army units to underground and confined space warfare. A network of concrete and burried tunnels is being built.
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    France's next-generation aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered, says Macron

    PARIS (Reuters) - France’s next-generation aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered and replace the national fleet’s flagship warship, the Charles de Gaulle, in 2038, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. The 11th carrier-vessel in the French Navy’s will be equipped with the new...

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