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France as a flanking potential of NATO in the war with Russia
Direct translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Russian translation and summary of a recent RAND report. I couldn't find the report online.
By Vladimir Orlov

Part one. General issues
According to RAND experts, the French armed forces are among the most efficient in Western Europe and boast a full range of capabilities allowing them to engage in a full range of operations, including high-intensity conventional warfare against an equal adversary.

In this report, RAND researchers examine the role that the French military could play as a coalition partner in a hypothetical conflict with Russia.
France has space capabilities out of Guiana Space Centre. They have Arianespace and Azercosmos (ESA Soyuz) launching out of there. France could improve it's military space situation if it invited some of the "New Space" companies to launch from there with permissions from New Zealand, USA and Japan. (Yes Japan now has New Space as private companies have taken over their launch vehicles.) Both Blue Origin and SpaceX could provide more throw weight than Ariane 5 and some of the other companies smaller quick launches to Space. The ESA should think out of the box on this as France is the only visible EU nation acting for a military advantage in space.

Posted by: 2021-07-10
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=606434