French Armed Forces

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The French Armed Forces are the unified military forces of France, encompassing the Army, Navy, Air and Space Force, and related services responsible for national defense and overseas operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
abolishedConscription 2001
allianceMemberOf Common Security and Defence Policy
surface form: European Union Common Security and Defence Policy

NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
alsoKnownAs French Armed Forces
surface form: Forces armées françaises

French Armed Forces
surface form: French military
commanderInChief President of the French Republic
surface form: President of France
country France
follows French military law
hasBranch Direction générale de l’armement
Foreign Legion
French Air Force
surface form: French Air and Space Force

French Army
French Navy
Marine Troops (Troupes de marine)
National Gendarmerie
Service de santé des armées
hasCapability nuclear deterrent
hasCommandStructure Air and Space Force staff
Army staff
Joint staff
Navy staff
Special Operations Command (France)
hasComponent active personnel
reserve personnel
hasDoctrine professional volunteer military
hasHeadquartersIn Paris
hasMission aerospace defense
counterterrorism operations
crisis management
maritime security
protection of French nationals abroad
protection of French overseas territories
strategic deterrence
territorial defense
hasNuclearComponent air-launched nuclear weapons
land-based nuclear command and control
submarine-launched ballistic missiles
hasOverseasPresenceIn Djibouti
French Guiana
French Polynesia
New Caledonia
Réunion
Sahel
surface form: Sahel region

United Arab Emirates
headOf Chief of the Defence Staff (France)
historicalPrecursor Armies of the French Revolution and Empire
French Army
surface form: Royal French Army

French Navy
surface form: Royal French Navy
nuclearDoctrine French Armed Forces self-linksurface differs
surface form: force de frappe
participatesIn EU military operations
NATO missions
UN peacekeeping operations
partOf Ministry of the Armed Forces of France
surface form: Ministry of the Armed Forces (France)
responsibleFor national defense of France
overseas military operations
uses French
surface form: French language

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French Armed Forces alsoKnownAs French Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Forces armées françaises
French Armed Forces alsoKnownAs French Armed Forces
this entity surface form: French military
French General Staff appliesToJurisdiction French Armed Forces
air force support command armedForcesBranch French Armed Forces
subject surface form: Air Force Support Command
Honneur et Patrie associatedWith French Armed Forces
French Submarine Forces componentOf French Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Force de dissuasion française
Saudi Armed Forces cooperatesWith French Armed Forces
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier dedicatedTo French Armed Forces
subject surface form: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Paris)
this entity surface form: French armed forces
HK416F assault rifle designedFor French Armed Forces
subject surface form: HK416F
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb enemyOf French Armed Forces
this entity surface form: French armed forces
United Nations Command hasMember French Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of France
Chief of the Defence Staff (France) headOf French Armed Forces
Maréchal de France highestRankIn French Armed Forces
Tripartite Aggression involvedOrganization French Armed Forces
Armistice of 22 June 1940 limited French Armed Forces
this entity surface form: French armed forces
École Militaire militaryBranch French Armed Forces
Thomson SA notableClient French Armed Forces
French Armed Forces nuclearDoctrine French Armed Forces self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: force de frappe
Bastille Day observedBy French Armed Forces
this entity surface form: French armed forces
Percy Military Hospital operatedBy French Armed Forces
Service de santé des armées operatesIn French Armed Forces
Operation Barkhane operator French Armed Forces
Ansar Dine opposedBy French Armed Forces
Free French Forces originatedFrom French Armed Forces
Government of France oversees French Armed Forces
this entity surface form: French armed forces
this entity surface form: French Joint Forces
AAE partOf French Armed Forces
Air and Space Force staff partOf French Armed Forces
Army Special Forces Command partOf French Armed Forces
Chief of Staff of the French Army partOf French Armed Forces
Foreign Legion partOf French Armed Forces
French Air Force partOf French Armed Forces
French Army partOf French Armed Forces
French Defence Staff partOf French Armed Forces
French Naval Special Forces partOf French Armed Forces
French Navy partOf French Armed Forces
French Space Command partOf French Armed Forces
Joint staff partOf French Armed Forces
subject surface form: Joint Staff of the French Armed Forces
National Gendarmerie partOf French Armed Forces
Special Operations Command (France) partOf French Armed Forces
École navale partOf French Armed Forces
Crossing of the Rhine participant French Armed Forces
this entity surface form: French forces
Somalia peacekeeping operations participant French Armed Forces
Army Reserve relatedTo French Armed Forces
this entity surface form: French Armed Forces reserve