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Military Of France
The French Armed Forces (, ) are the military, military forces of France. They consist of four military branches – the French Army, Army, the French Navy, Navy, the French Air and Space Force, Air and Space Force, and the National Gendarmerie. The National Guard (France), National Guard serves as the French Armed Forces' military reserve force. As stipulated by Constitution of France, France's constitution, the president of France serves as commander-in-chief of the French military. France has the List of countries by military expenditures, ninth largest defense budget in the world and the second largest in the European Union (EU). It also has the List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel, largest military by size in the EU. As of 2021, the total active personnel of the French Armed Forces is 270,000. While the reserve personnel is 63,700 (including the National Gendarmerie), for a total of 333,000 personnel (excluding the active personnel of the National ...
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MBDA
MBDA is a European multinational corporation specialized in the design, development and manufacturing of Missile, missiles and related systems.MBDA Inc. US Division Corporate Page
Headquartered in Le Plessis-Robinson, France, the company was founded in December 2001 via the Mergers and acquisitions, merger of three of the most prominent European missile systems companies: the French Aérospatiale, Aérospatiale Matra Missiles, the Anglo-French Matra BAe Dynamics and the missile division of the Anglo-Italian Alenia Marconi Systems. These businesses were subsidiaries of EADS (now called Airbus), BAE Systems and Finmeccanica (now Leonardo (company), Leonardo), and all three remain MBDA's parent companies. MBDA employs around 13,000 people worldwide as of 2023 and, despite being an integrated company, has maintained nationa ...
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Military
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a distinct military uniform. They may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of a military is usually defined as defence of their state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms "armed forces" and "military" are often synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include other paramilitary forces such as armed police. Beyond warfare, the military may be employed in additional sanctioned and non-sanctioned functions within the state, including internal security threats, crowd control, promotion of political agendas, emergency services and reconstruct ...
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Ranks In The French Air And Space Force
Rank insignia in the French Air and Space Force are worn on the sleeve or on shoulder marks of uniforms Officers Although they all wear the same insignia and titles, officers are divided into: *Regular officers of the air force *Officers of the Armed Forces Commisariat Corps *Officers of the technical and administrative corps of the armed forces - general officers - senior officers - junior officers - sub-officers, i.e. non-commissioned officers Etymologically the is the ''adjoint'' ("joint (assistant)") of an officer, and the sergeant "serves" ( = English: servant). are cadet officers still in training. are junior officers and are often aided by or , who are experienced NCOs/warrant officers. Full are experienced junior officers, served by sergeants when commanding their unit. A four chevron rank existed until 1947. It was a ceremonial rank usually given to the most senior or experienced NCO in a unit, similar to a colour sergeant in the British Army. It wa ...
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Ranks In The French Navy
The rank insignia of the French Navy () are worn on shoulder straps of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels. Until 2005, only commissioned officers had an anchor on their insignia, but enlisted personnel are now receiving them as well. Although the names of the ranks for superior officers contain the word "Capitaine" (, and ), the appropriate style to address them is "", "" referring to "lieutenant de vaisseau", which is translated as lieutenant. The two highest ranks, and (Admiral), are functions, rather than ranks. They are assumed by officers ranking (Vice-Admiral). The rank of Vice-Admiral of France () was formerly designated as Lieutenant-General of the Naval Armies until 1791, such as in the Levant Fleet and Flotte du Ponant of the Ancien Régime. Major of the French Navy has a similar history to that of the former Lieutenant-General of the Naval Armies. The only (Admiral of the Fleet) was François Darlan after he was refused the d ...
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Ranks In The French Army
Rank insignia in the French Army are worn on the sleeve or on shoulder marks of uniforms, and range up to the highest rank of Marshal of France, a state honour denoted with a seven-star insignia that was last conferred posthumously on Marie Pierre Koenig in 1984. Infantry arms and cavalry arms Rank insignia in the French army depend on whether the soldier belongs to an infantry or cavalry unit. The infantry arms () include normal infantry, naval troops, the Foreign Legion and engineers; cavalry arms () include armoured cavalry, artillery, maintenance and logistics. Sleeves are emblazoned with marks denoting either gold insignia for the infantry or silver/white for the cavalry. However, the artillery uses gold as the main colour, despite being a cavalry branch, and spahis use gold as the main colour despite being part of the cavalry, a distinction representing the armoured cavalry. Marshal The title of "marshal of France" () is awarded as a distinction, rather than a rank. ...
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:Category:Battles Involving France
{{CatAutoTOC, numerals=no France Battles A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force c ...
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List Of Wars Involving France
This is a list of wars involving modern France from the Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy, abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic. * For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France. * For pre-987 wars, see List of wars involving Francia. : : : : *e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, ''status quo ante bellum'', result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive First French Republic (1792–1804) First French Empire (1804–1814, 1815) Bourbon Restoration (1814–15, 1815–1830) July Monarchy (1830–1848) {, class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" ! width=30% , Conflict ! width=20% , France & allies ! width=20% , France's opposition ! width=30% , Outcome , - , Liberal Wars(1828–34) * Battle of the Tagus Location: Kingdom of Portugal, Portu ...
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:Category:Wars Involving France
{{CatAutoTOC, numerals=no Military operations involving France France France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ... History of the foreign relations of France Man-made disasters in France Conflicts in France ...
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Military History Of France
The military history of France encompasses an immense panorama of conflicts and struggles extending for more than 2,000 years across areas including modern France, Europe, and List of former European colonies, a variety of regions throughout the world. According to historian Niall Ferguson, France is the most successful military power in history. It participated in 50 of the 125 major European wars that have been fought since 1495; more than any other European state. The first major recorded wars in the territory of modern-day France itself revolved around the Gallo-Roman conflict that predominated from 60 BC to 50 BC. The Romans eventually emerged victorious through the Gallic Wars, campaigns of Julius Caesar. After the decline of the Roman Empire, a Germanic peoples, Germanic tribe known as the Franks took control of Gaul by defeating competing tribes. The "land of Francia", from which France gets its name, had high points of expansion under kings Clovis I and Charlemagne, who ...
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is an international institute based in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1966 and provides data, analysis and recommendations for armed conflict, military expenditure and arms trade as well as disarmament and arms control. The research is based on open sources and is directed to decision-makers, researchers, media and the interested public. SIPRI's organizational purpose is to conduct scientific research in issues on conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and security, with the goal of contributing to an understanding for the conditions for a peaceful solution of international conflicts and sustainable peace. SIPRI was ranked among the top three non-US world-wide think tanks in 2014 by the University of Pennsylvania Lauder Institute's ''Global Go To Think Tanks Report''. In 2020, SIPRI ranked 34th amongst think tanks globally. History In 1964, Prime Minister of Sweden Tage Erlander put forwar ...
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Thales Group
Thales S.A., Trade name, trading as Thales Group (), is a French multinational corporation, multinational aerospace and defence industry, defence corporation specializing in electronics. It designs, develops and manufactures a wide variety of aerospace and military systems, devices and equipment but also operates in the computer security, cybersecurity and formerly civil ground transportation sectors. The company is headquartered in Paris' business district, La Défense, and its stock is listed on Euronext Paris. Founded as Thomson-CSF in 1968, the group was rebranded ''Thales'' (named after the Greek philosopher Thales , pronounced as in French language, French) in 2000 due to the company's desire to simplify and improve the group's brand. Thales is partially owned by the Agence des participations de l'État, French state and operates in more than 68 countries. In 2023, the company generated €18,42 billion in revenue and was the 17th largest defence contractor in the world, ...
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