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Key Points and Summary – Europe’s Future Combat Air System faces a make-or-break decision as Germany, France, and Spain near an end-of-2025 deadline to...
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Key Points and Summary – Europe’s Future Combat Air System faces a make-or-break decision as Germany, France, and Spain near an end-of-2025 deadline to...
Key Points and Summary – A 2015 NATO exercise saw France’s nuclear attack submarine Saphir penetrate a U.S. carrier strike group and achieve a...
Key Points and Summary – In February 2009, Britain’s HMS Vanguard and France’s Le Triomphant—both ballistic-missile submarines—collided while submerged in the Atlantic during routine...
Key Points and Summary – France’s Rafale F5, the “Super Rafale,” is a major modernization meant to keep France’s flagship fighter relevant into the...
Key Points and Summary – Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier has reignited doubts about the Future Combat Air System, warning that FCAS may not...
Key Points and Summary – Despite lacking stealth, the Eurofighter Typhoon fields a weapons loadout that keeps it dangerous in real combat. -A 27mm...
Article Summary – France’s Charles de Gaulle (R91) is the Navy’s lone aircraft carrier and first domestically built nuclear-powered flattop. -Commissioned in 2001, the...
Question: The French Navy Only has One Aircraft Carrier. Is that a Problem? If Paris would like to maintain its status as one of...
Several months ago, we examined the proposed Porte-avions de nouvelle génération (PA-Ng), or “new generation aircraft carrier” – the new supercarrier to be acquired and...
Key Points: France’s Dassault Rafale fighter, after overcoming early engine development delays, is achieving significant export success, particularly within Europe where previous Dassault jets...