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French escort ship Chateaurenault and Guichen have strange 550mm triple TT launchers. They are much shorter than other launchers at that time. What are those launchers and torpedoes ? Data, plans or clear pics are all welcome.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2kpkq90ygno (Headline is slightly misleading)

Another museum visit, I took pictures of mostly the more modern equipment

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/07/french-navys-first-new-offshore-patrol-vessel-breaks-cover/ View: https://youtu.be/d9a_-9JN1HY

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/07/france-unveils-its-defense-strategy-for-the-arctic/

From wiki 1806 Lord Cochrane flies kites from the Royal Navy 32-gun frigate HMS Pallas to spread propaganda leaflets along the coast of France. It is the first use of an aerial device in European maritime warfare. and from here...

Since the Global Military Spending thread is currently locked for some reason, I'll put this here for now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/12/france-blocking-britain-from-eu-massive-defence-fund/ So much for the reset...

A Franco-American-Australian company is developing a Starship clone (in appearance, if not payload): https://www.hstarspace.com/

Dassault Aviation expresses willingness to commit to a Space Plane project, meeting AdlAE recent new long term perspectives: (Link in Fr - You might want tuse an auto-translator)...

In 1804/1805 Sir William Sidney Smith designed two catamaran landing craft From Tom Pocock's 'The Terror Before Trafalgar: Nelson, Napoleon and the secret war' But while infantry could scramble ashore from ships’ boats, they could do so only in small parties; also the landing of artillery was...

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/04/02/france-calls-for-new-eu-ammo-plan-speeding-up-satellite-constellation/

https://crecy.co.uk/product/sepecat-jaguar

Beloved singer and unparalleled French aerospace historian/writer died yesterday, the 2nd of March 2025, at 80 after a long battle with cancer: For those that are unfamiliar with his top selling history of Soviet and German aircraft, might you find in the below titles a glimpse of what was his...

On August 18, 2024, the legendary figure of French cinema (Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon), known for a plethora of roles, notably those relating to the Second World War, such as the movie “Le Jour le plus long” and “Paris brule-t-il”, died at the age of 88.

The RAF Historical Society is holding a seminar on Air Power and Normandy/Overlord at RAF Museum Midlands (Cosford to you and me) on 18th September 2024. Tickers and details are available here: https://royalairforcemuseum.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/58576?branches.branchID=2048 Chris

I know we already discussed that in this topic, https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/mirages-i-iii-5-prototypes-projects.36283/ But I want to split this subject in another thread,the tenders of that contest are, - Nord N-1540,N.1541,N.2540,N.3540,N.3541 & N.5010 Harpon - SNCASE SE.5020 &...

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/library-and-archive/archive-hidden-treasures/first-military-forecast

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcQifPHcMLE https://www.festungsmuseum.ch/fasip/ (In German) https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/articles/tank-driving-simulator

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/02/france-sword-excalibur-rocamadour-missing-cliff/