If the general staff did not believe in the Russian invasion in Ukraine, the French soldiers no longer doubted, for a long time, the imminent return to war.
The hypothesis of a “ symmetrical
” conflict
had become the working hypothesis of the staff.
In private, General Burkhard, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, even regularly underlined
the “acceleration
” of the rhythm of the crises.
What was imagined ten years from now was already beginning to dawn.
The attack launched by Vladimir Poutine confirmed the fears while upsetting the calendar.
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We must now raise the level of play, as the military say.
"
We must increase the ambition and accelerate the pace
", explains a senior officer, pointing to the hardening of the training sessions.
The concern does not date from the war, as evidenced by the Polaris exercise conducted by the Navy in November or the vast Orion exercise, scheduled for 2023, which will involve a “
major engagement
”.
“
Training must be harder, you have to confront the…
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