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Bastille Day is France's biggest holiday, celebrated annually on 15 July to commemorate the Storming of the Bastille in 1789 ...
A record 7,000 military personnel – some in combat gear – have marched down the Champs-Elysées in this year's Bastille Day ...
A combat force was deployed on the Champs-Élysées on Monday. The parade also spotlighted Indonesia, one of France's strategic ...
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to announce new French defence budgetary targets on Sunday, in the face of a menacing ...
During a rare news conference on Friday, the head of the French military, Thierry Burkhard, said Russia remains a “lasting, ...
France is leaning hard into near space, warning the area is increasingly contested, as evidenced by the Chinese spy ballon ...
LIKE all armies, the French army exists as the instrument of a definite policy. To appraise its effectiveness in the restless and uncertain Europe of today one must first establish the broad lines ...
Another example that comes up in debates about French military modernization is France’s new NH90 helicopter, meant to replace its venerable Puma helicopter, which was developed in the 1960s. What ...
These days, French military pigeon number 193-529 is no longer needed to carry tiny messages during war-time communication ...