France may be the main military power in the EU -- but is it really in a position to respond to new security threats? And what resources do the armed forces have to meet security challenges or any wars of the future?

During a rare news conference on Friday, the head of the French military, Thierry Burkhard, said Russia remains a “lasting, close” threat.

These days, French military pigeon number 193-529 is no longer needed to carry tiny messages during war-time communication blackouts. He carried a message from a war correspondent, and was also awarded a medal.

France and the UK intend to increase the number of the Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF) to 50,000 troops for the future deployment in Ukraine as part of the Coalition of the Willing, stated French President Emmanuel Macron during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer,

The latest Franco-British move is the closest the continent has come to such a strategic capability, at least on paper.

UK and France order more Storm Shadow missiles and step up military co-operation - Storm Shadow, or as the French call it SCALP, is a long-range missile which has been supplied to Ukraine.

As London strengthens its ties with Washington and deepens its security relationship with Berlin, the French president's state visit to the United Kingdom highlights the fragile nature of defense collaboration between the two countries.