Asset and base protection is an important priority for the French Navy, especially at Toulon. The French Navy has considerably reinforced port protection, in particular at Toulon where 70% of fleet ...

Rusting ships at France's main naval base. Images of dilapidated assault ships in the southern French port of Toulon, France's principal naval base, are unlikely to warm British naval hearts days ...

Authorities in France have arrested a man with links to an Islamic State group jihadist in Syria over a plot to attack military personnel at a major naval base, police and judicial sources said on ...

This screen grab from a French Navy video shows the impact of an explosive drone rammed into a cargo vessel in an April 26, 2025, test near Toulon, France. (French Navy) PARIS — France detonated ...

The French Navy began its Jeanne d’Arc 2024 deployment last week with the departure of amphibious assault ship FS Tonnerre (L9014) and frigate FS Guépratte (F714) from Toulon Naval Base, with ...

These exercises, conducted from October 7 to 13, involve the Moroccan Royal Navy and its French counterpart, taking place from Casablanca to the Toulon naval base in southern France.

In the early morning hours of Friday, Nov. 27, Marshal Petain was awakened in Vichy to receive a letter from Adolf Hitler. His eyes still bemused by sleep, the old man read the words that ended ...

Toulon, France -- Naval forces of China and France conducted a joint military exercise in the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday. The "China-France Friendship 2007" drill in the Mediterranean Sea off ...

The five-ship strike group, deployed under mission CLEMENCEAU 25, departed from Toulon, France and has traveled over 12,000 kilometers across the Indo-Pacific, Red Sea and Indian Ocean since its ...

During a visit to the Toulon naval base on Wednesday, November 9, French president Emmanuel Macron gave an important speech on military strategy eight months after the beginning of the war in Ukraine.