In recent days, announcements have followed one another around the future programs of the French Navy, both on the side of the Hotel de Brienne (the Ministry of the Armed Forces) and…
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The Oceanic Patrollers of the French Navy will have a 40 mm RapidFire gun
What was so far halfway between rumor and logical deduction was confirmed today by Commander Ghislain Deleplanque in charge of the protection office ...
Read the articleAn announcement full of promise for the French offshore patrol program
On June 10, the French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced the launch of the program relating to the design and construction of 10 offshore patrol vessels to take over from…
Read the articleThe difficult equation of renewal of the Navy's buildings
Once again, the Navy is forced to juggle and extend the operational life of its buildings, pending the delivery of sensible buildings replaced. This time it is the turn of the nuclear attack submarine "Casabianca" to have to play extra time
Read the articleReplacement of French avisos, a capacity rupture in the process of becoming
The A69 advice from the Estienne D'Orves class has been the backbone of the French Navy for nearly 10 years. Available in number (3 units), with a large anti-ship firepower (for the time) with the MM17 missiles, a 38 mm gun and equipped with a hull sonar,
Read the articleNew attack on an Emirati ship off Yemen
According to several concordant reports, an Emirati military unit was reportedly attacked on June 13 off Yemen by an anti-ship missile launched by Houti forces. The information is still very fragmentary today
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