A French naval base in the United Arab Emirates has suffered minor damage after an Iranian drone strike. Source: French ...
French president Macron announced that he retasked aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its escort to the Eastern Mediterranean because of ongoing Iran tensions.
Belgian military forces, supported by the French military, seized a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker Saturday in the North Sea as part of operation “Blue Intruder.” MT Ethera was intercepted in the ...
France is moving to tie its nuclear deterrent strategy more closely with European allies while keeping full control over any strike decision.
The French Defense Procurement Agency DGA handed over the eighteenth Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) ...
France’s new "PANG" carrier will utilize an electromagnetic launch system (EMALS), giving it a flat deck and allowing it to launch heavier aircraft than the ski jump-equipped Charles de Gaulle. After ...
In 2009, the French Navy tanker La Somme was patrolling the pirate infested waters off Somalia when two small motorized boats suddenly opened fire on the heavily armed warship. Armed with a 40 ...
The French navy has intercepted one of Russia’s sanctioned “shadow fleet” oil tankers in the Mediterranean with help from Britain. Emmanuel Macron revealed that French forces had boarded a vessel this ...
France has completed a major upgrade to its navy-operated fleet of Dassault-Breguet ATL-2 maritime patrol aircraft, with the type expected to remain in operational use until a replacement capability ...
French Navy takes delivery of the 18th and final Atlantique 2 upgraded to Standard 6, completing a modernization meant to keep the MPA in service beyond 2030.