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The French Defence is named after a match played by correspondence between the cities of London and Paris in 1834 [ 1 ] (although earlier examples of games with the opening do exist). It was Jacques Chamouillet, one of the players of the Paris team, who persuaded the others to adopt this defence.
The 2013 French White Paper on Defense and National Security is the most recent defence reform of the French Armed Forces and the fourth ever defence white paper in French history. It was released on the 29 April 2013. [1] The white paper reaffirmed France's commitment to NATO, the security of the European Union as well as its enhanced defence ...
A French Air and Space Force Dassault Rafale B at RIAT in 2009 Crotale missile-launchers of the Air Defense Ground-to-Air Squadron of the French Air and Space Force. Some French airbases house radar units (e.g. Lyon, Mont-Verdun, Drachenbronn, Cinq-Mars-la-Pile, Nice, Mont-Agel) to carry out air defence radar surveillance and air traffic control.
Army ranks Navy ranks Air and Space Force ranks. The French Armed Forces (French: Forces armées françaises) are the military forces of France. They consist of four military branches – the Army, the Navy, the Air and Space Force and the National Gendarmerie. The National Guard serves as the French Armed Forces' military reserve force.
Sarkozy and Cameron address the media after signing the Defence and Security Co-operation Treaty. The Lancaster House Treaties (French: Traités de Londres, lit. 'Treaties of London') of 2010 are two treaties between the United Kingdom and France for defence and security cooperation. [1][2] They were signed at 10 Downing Street on 2 November ...
5.56×45mm NATO. Still listed by the French army among the weapons in service with the 1er RPIMa as late as 2009 and generally seen used in tandem with the M203 grenade launcher. It is unknown if the rifle is still in use by the 1er RPIMa. Still used to train troops in the 51st Infantry Regiment as of 2021.
DGA logo. The Direction générale de l'armement (DGA; English: Directorate General of Armament), established in 1961, is the French Government defence procurement and technology agency, responsible within the Ministry of Armed Forces for project management, development, and purchase of weapon systems for the French military. [1]
Structure of the French Army. The structure of the French Army is fixed by Chapter 2 of Title II of Book II of the Third Part of the Code of Defense, notably resulting in the codification of Decree 2000-559 of 21 June 2000. [ 1 ] Structure of the French Army as of May 2023.