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In many aspects, the negotiations begun in the aftermath of the Russian offensive against Ukraine, between Israelis and Germans to allow Germany to implement the Arrow-3 anti-ballistic system, represent the unifying pillar having brought 14 other European countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Netherlands, Republic…
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As a general rule, a strategic review was, in the West, an imposed exercise aimed at providing a certain framework for the political decisions which will govern, for the years to come, the defense effort made by the country's government. This is particularly the case in France, where the 2013 White Paper, as well as…
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For the vast majority of Europeans, but also of their leaders, the support of the United States and its armies in the face of the threat that Russia may pose is assured and indisputable. The eagerness of the Finns and Swedes to join NATO after the Russian offensive in Ukraine is the perfect illustration of this,…
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At the end of a fierce competition with Lockheed-Martin, Leonardo and Northrop-Grumman, the consortium formed by the American Boeing and the Swedish Saab managed, in 2018, to win for the replacement of advanced training aircraft. US Air Force T-38 Talon under the TX program. The program as its…
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At the beginning of the 2000s, just twenty years ago, the most efficient and powerfully armed surface combatant ships of the Chinese Navy were the two Type 052 destroyers which entered service between 1994 and 1996. These 4,600 ships tons and 144 meters had…
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In terms of naval helicopter dedicated to anti-submarine warfare missions, the Western offer boils down, broadly speaking, to a clash between the NH90 NFH (Nato Frigate helicopter) from the European consortium NH Industries, and the MH -90R (known as Romeo) from the American Sikorsky. For a time, we might have thought that the device…
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In the event of conflict, particularly a major conflict, the American armies can rely on certain legislative provisions to increase their respective fleets, and thus meet growing needs, particularly in terms of logistics. This is the case of the US Air Force, which has agreements and procedures with the major…
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Long-range artillery has become a critical operational issue for modern armies, its effectiveness in high-intensity conflicts having been widely demonstrated in Ukraine. And in this area, modern systems, such as HIMARS from the American Lockheed-Martin or the Russian Tornado S and G, provide added value...
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