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The possible participation in a coalition against Russia gives cold sweats to the French armies. How long would they last?
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By Jean Guisnel
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Sounds of boots that are heard in eastern Europe; China’s stated ambitions in space and naval matters in particular; Turkey’s strategic initiatives in the Eastern Mediterranean among others; significant rise in power of many Middle Eastern states, from Egypt to the Emirates, which are buying modern and powerful equipment with all their might: the signs of a return to the risk of symmetrical confrontations between technologically comparable armies are multiplying.
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