With the Polaris initiative, France's Navy is rewriting Nato rules by testing its vessels in real wartime conditions - an essential move to ensure warships can really withstand attacks and that crews are ready for a possible conflict with Russia.

The French Navy’s Jeanne D’Arc training and operational mission deployment began Monday as the task group, comprising of amphibious assault ship FS Mistral (L9013) and frigate FS Surcouf (F711), left from Toulon,

French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and other fleet stationed in the Philippines staged combat drills with Philippine forces

The deployment helped deepen the French Navy's operational understanding of the region, and learn from and boost interoperability with partner nations, a top commander says.

France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and accompanying warships are in the Philippines after holding combat drills with Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea in a show of firepower that

Aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle (R91) made a port visit to the Philippines on Friday and Saturday after conducting drills in the South China Sea with the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Also on Friday,

Chinese vessels maintained a distance of more than 120 nautical miles during joint maritime exercises conducted by the Philippines and France last week, according to the Philippine Navy.

France's most capable — is making a stop in Subic Bay and Manila from February 21 to 23 as part of its Indo-Pacific deployment, Mission CLEMENCEAU 25.

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the French Navy engaged in a maritime cooperative activity on Friday, marking the third consecutive week of such naval exercises in the West Philippine Sea as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Chinese ships near the coast of Bolinao,