A new exit to lift the camp. The chief of armies staff, General Thierry Burkhard, will leave his post at the head of the French forces at the end of August and celebrated on July 13 a rare press conference on the state of threats facing France and Europe.
This Thursday, July 31, the Chief of the Great Muestte once again trusted, this time in the columns of the British newspaper The Economist, with the Russian threat online in sight.
According to General Thierry Burkhard, Russia, still wrapped in his invasion of Ukraine but that rearms greatly, could represent a “real threat” for Europe in five years.
“Russia will have the means to represent a military threat to Western countries, and European countries in particular,” said the Chief of the French armies.
“We will not win the war with Ferrari”
Russia plans to spend almost $ 1,100 billion in restart for 2036 in anticipation of a possible large -scale war, according to Ukraine intelligence services. “He realizes that his army is not up to parity,” said BFMTV Claude Blanchemaison, former French ambassador to Russia in BFMTV, analyzing Vladimir Putin’s military strategy.
Faced with Russia, European nations have suffered a defensive electrochque in the last three years and the links have sometimes been strengthened. This is particularly the case between France and the United Kingdom, while Paris and London announced on July 9 a change in the main doctrine about nuclear deterrence.
The two military nuclear powers of the former continent say that they are ready to “coordinate” their firepower of the atom and that any “adversary would face the nuclear force of the two nations” in case of a threat.
Beyond high -tech weapons, the chief of armies of the armies warns that in front of the Russian drones at low cost, the long -range missiles several hundred thousand euros, the unit cannot remain economically viable.
“We need Ferrari from time to time (but) we will not win the war with Ferrari,” said General Thierry Burkhard.
The latter will soon leave his post, after four years at the head of the French armies. The Fabien Mandon Air Force General was appointed to replace Thierry Burkhard, Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on July 23. The former Mirage pilot (F1 later 2000d), with the indicative radio of “Madon”, the 55-year-old officer is the first aviator to access the function from General Jean-Philippe Dooin, 30 years ago.
Source: BFM TV
