1er groupement de missiles stratégiques
armeé de l'air
cold war
commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques
early 1990s
force de dissuasion
forces aériennes stratégiques
france
french fifth republic
icbm
intermediate range ballistic missile
irbm
late 1980s
nuclear battlefield
sol-sol balistique stratégique
early 1990s
france
french fifth republic
late 1980s
people movers
personal rapid transit
railways
sk4000
soulé-kermadec
station k
transport hectométrique
I don't know if you have more info about this.
The French magazine RAIDS, dedicated its special issue N°73 to the "Secret Projects of the French Armoured Forces" published during winter 2019-2020.
I haven't managed to get hold of the magazine yet, but it mentions the AMX-APX ALLARM project with...
anti-submarine warfare
cold war ii
early 2020s
federal republic of germany
france
french fifth republic
maritime patrol aircraft
maritime surveillance
north atlantic treaty organisation
AII information I can get from wiki about the missiles is vague. “The Super 530F and Super 530D share the same general aerodynamic features and internal layout with cruciform low aspect ratio wings, cruciform aft controls, and 30 kg high explosive fragmentation warhead. However the 530D has a...
Quoted by Gary Paul Johnston and Thomas B. Nelson in "The World's Assault Rifles" - This rather curious and unusual weapon was part of a program during the 1970s to develop a very high rate of fire assault rifle (RFCT: Rifle à Forte Cadence de Tir ). Firing rate experiments were carried out by...
After reviewing various resources, I found information, about battleship Strasbourg, after the end of the war, was proposed to be rebuilt as a light aircraft carrier. But there is very little information and this is at the level of "mentions". Now I wondered if there was such a project or did it...
France, Germany and Sweden have agreed to develop a new medium-size tactical transport plane.
this is intended to replace the C-130J in the 2040's and supplement the Airbus A400M
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/france-germany-sweden-launch-future-transport-aircraft
personel...
2020s
2040s
armée de l'air et de l'espace
cold war ii
european defence fund
federal republic of germany
france
kingdom of sweden
luftwaffe
royal swedish air force
So I was reading " concorde and the Americans" and one of the things that caught my eye was that neither Britain or France were each others first choice.
Britain originally wanted to work with America inorder to build the first supersonic jet, but the Americans were set on there mach 2.7 speed...
alternate history
cold war
federal republic of germany
france
french fifth republic
jet age
société des avions marcel dassault
sud aviation
supersonic
west germany
western europe
This is a rough TL sketch.
POD is October 20, 1971. http://www.ffaa.net/projects/jaguar/jaguar_fr.htm
That day, off Marseille, the Foch is flight testing Jaguar M05, that is: the navalized fifth prototype. As the aircraft is returned to the hangar for maintenance, one mechanic raise alarm...
1970s
aéronavale
alternate history
cold war
dassault-breguet
fleet air arm
france
french fifth republic
great britain
harrier carrier
hawker siddeley aviation ltd
marine nationale
royal navy
sea harrier
v/stol
vstol carriers
vtol
What happens if Dassault gets his hands on a jet engine that fits the Etendard and allows it to become a properly supersonic fighter?
Could this tip the balance and see them ordered instead of F8 Crusaders?
I am cleaning up the wiki articles on Swingfire and TOW. One source mentions that in the early 1960s when the US decided to move ahead with TOW, after promising the British they wouldn't, they argued there was no point continuing Swingfire because the French were replacing ENTAC with a...
So I have been looking at various late cold war tank projects (abrams block 3, Panzerkampfwagen 2000 ect) and one thing that keeps popping up but which i can not find any information about is the mbt-90 program, aperintly Germany figured 3ed times a charm (after mbt-70 with the US and mbt-80...
The history of the bullpup in France began long before the famous FAMAS which certainly marked its time but it was born under the constraint of the international conflicts. as assault rifle France had its misadventure during years from 1945 to 1970 with various programs and much expenditure...
afv
allies
apc
axis powers
canada
cold war
france
great britain
interwar period
kingdom of the netherlands
soviet union
triple alliance
triple entente
united states
world war ii
While the size and importance of France's armed forces in 1914 and 1939 is well understood, their importance since 1945 does not seem to be appreciated.
Until the creation of West Germany's Bundeswehr at the end of the 1950s it was France that bore the brunt of providing the largest West...
armeé de l'air
armée de l'air et de l'espace
armée de terre
cold war
cold war ii
commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques
force de dissuasion
force de frappe
forces aériennes stratégiques
france
french fifth republic
french fourth republic
marine nationale
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
pre-strategic
sol-sol balistique stratégique
tactical nuke
western europe
Prototype is already in the water, it's been worked on since 2018ish. ~10 meters (33 ft), up to 20 meters (66 ft) with additional power options. Displacement: ~10 tons
Service version will have a weapons/equipment bay.
Our own Covert shores did a nice comparison image of different...
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