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24-7-27 Future of EU Defense: NATO or the EU? - Simple > .

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24-3-22 France is Preparing for War - T&P > .

24-3-22 How a French Intervention in Ukraine Would Work - Spaniel > .

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24-5-27 Emmanuel Macron's Russia Strategy: 4D Chess or [Bluff]? > .

24-3-22 France is Preparing for War - T&P > .

24-3-22 How a French Intervention in Ukraine Would Work - Spaniel > .

24-3-8 Charles de Gaulle: Small Carrier Most Powerful Besides Supercarriers - nwyt > .

23-6-18 Procurement vs Efficacy - Requirements, R&D pitfalls - Perun > .

23-5-14 French Defence Strategy & Rearmament - strategic autonomy - Perun > .

23-4-15 Macron’s Controversial ‘Strategic Autonomy’ Comments - Update > .

23-1-3 Macron's Neo-Gaullism - plans for hegemony - Caspian Report > .

22-7-26 France's Geostrategy Towards Central Europe - gtbt > .

22-6-12 Problem with Overseas France (remains of Empire) - VisPol > .

22-5-9 Macron's Plan to Revive France - VisPol > .

21-11-9 [Pacific France - vestiges of Empire] - Real > .

21-10-5 Why France Hides Countries Outside Its Borders - OBF > .

16-2-28 French Overseas Regions and Territories Explained - WonderWhy > .

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The French Armed Forces (Forces armées françaises) encompass the Army, the Navy, the Air and Space Force and the Gendarmerie of the French Republic. The President of France heads the armed forces as Chief of the Armed Forces.

France has the sixth largest defence budget in the world and the first in the European Union (EU). It has the largest armed forces in size in the European Union. According to Credit Suisse, the French Armed Forces are ranked as the world's sixth-most powerful military.