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A record 7,000 military personnel – some in combat gear – have marched down the Champs-Elysées in this year's Bastille Day parade, demonstrating the French military's "operational credibility" in
A combat force was deployed on the Champs-Élysées on Monday. The parade also spotlighted Indonesia, one of France's strategic partners in the Indo-Pacific region.
During a rare news conference on Friday, the head of the French military, Thierry Burkhard, said Russia remains a “lasting, close” threat.
France is leaning hard into near space, warning the area is increasingly contested, as evidenced by the Chinese spy ballon that flew over the US.
Moscow has identified France as its "chief enemy in Europe", the head of the French army, General Thierry Burkhard, said on Friday, attributing the shift in part to Paris's support for Ukraine
These days, French military pigeon number 193-529 is no longer needed to carry tiny messages during war-time communication blackouts.
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A French intelligence service says China has used its embassies to promote claims that Chinese-made Pakistani warplanes outperformed French Rafale jets during India-Pakistan clashes in May
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The Bright Side: French military pigeons race in tribute to feathered World War heroesThe French army ceased to rely on messenger pigeons back in 1961, following the Algerian war of independence. But carrier pigeons still take part in military ceremonies and races, honouring the
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