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As France continues to deliver arms to Ukraine, how can the country be armed without disarming the French army on its eastern flank? The France would beable to face a classic land offensive?
The conflict in Ukraine raised a question: the French army didit the ability to defend France? The President of the Republic said he was concerned about this issue three days ago on France 2: “When President Zelensky sometimes asks me to massively deliver certain devices, I am obliged to keep some of them for ourselves to protect ourselves or to protect our flan is“.
In the event of a direct attack against France, the calculations are worrying. The Army has about 100,000 active soldiers, including 25,000 who are quickly available for combat. It’s barely enough to hold 83 km of front line, which is the equivalent of a Dunkirk-Lille. The army would be supported by 45 fighter planes and the national navy fleet. To master an area, one soldier is needed for 40 civilians. French soldiers could barely control the Moselle and its million inhabitants. These theoretical calculations do not take into account the reservists and the gendarmes who would be mobilized in the event of an attack. But it reveals flaws.