Stéphanε γvelines

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Stéphanε γvelines

@StephanVelines

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Armée française - Opérations militaires@EtatMajorFR·8h

📅 Thread | Retour sur l'action des forces armées françaises au Proche et Moyen-Orient depuis le 28 février 2026 I / Un dispositif réactif et modulable 🛡️ Dès le début du conflit, les armées françaises ont adapté leur dispositif dans la région pour faire face à la nature imprévisible de la situation. Grâce à leurs forces prépositionnées aux Émirats arabes unis et à Djibouti, elles ont immédiatement contribué à la protection des intérêts français et aux espaces aériens des pays partenaires en respect des accords de défense. Des moyens supplémentaires ont ensuite été déployés, avec un objectif constant : rester réactifs, s’adapter à chaque évolution de la menace, maintenir une posture défensive.

Chef d'état-major des armées@CEMA_FR

Au Proche et Moyen Orient, depuis le 28 février, nos forces armées sont mobilisées. Sous l'autorité du Président de la République, je les ai missionnées pour protéger les Français, défendre nos intérêts et tenir nos engagements dans la région. Nos armées ont une culture de réactivité, de fiabilité. Elles s'adaptent sans cesse. Elles ont la maîtrise de la force pour éviter toute escalade. Elles tiennent aujourd'hui une posture défensive dans la région. Et elles sont au rendez-vous. Elles servent, insufflent et inspirent l’esprit de défense. En mer, à terre et dans les airs, nos forces agissent et protègent.

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·8h

@NotWoofers This time around 🇫🇷 has suffered casualties in 🇮🇶 and damages to its bases in 🇦🇪. Last time round 🇫🇷 has helped out in the past with interceptions in the Red Sea and over 🇯🇴 against 🇮🇷 proper and its proxies. Doesn’t mean we have to endorse or support further escalation.

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·9h

@NotWoofers What about providing air-coverage over 🇦🇪, 🇯🇴 (and 🇨🇾) with a 100+ of Shaheeds downed? • The backlash is about masking and scapegoating the epic failure of this operation • Never had any viable plan been made to improve 🇺🇸 standing by the administration • +sudden magic deal.

Armée française - Opérations militaires@EtatMajorFR

📍 Proche et Moyen-Orient | Retour sur les engagements des moyens 🇫🇷 face aux menaces aériennes 💥 Protection des intérêts français dans la zone et application des accords de défense 🎯 Les armées 🇫🇷 maintiennent une posture défensive active, en coordination étroite avec nos partenaires, pour la sécurité et la stabilité de la région 🛡️

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Woofers@NotWoofers·11h

Realistically, is there anything NATO could have done to satisfy Trump here with regards to Iran which would not have resulted in a European capital eating a ballistic missile?

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·12h

Next 🇺🇸 blackmail is on its way to European capitals. Who will pay the requested tribute (my be a tiny bit more then the last time around)? @JP_Grumbach

Greg Bagwell@gregbagwell

There is plenty to digest here. NATO 3.0 hasn’t been fully defined or enacted, but its description of a European theatre defended by Europe is clear & understood. But it leaves a huge question about negotiations over Ukraine. But does America want to have its cake and eat it? 1/6

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·12h

@Etienne_Marcuz My bad, sorry I shall review what’s been said.

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Etienne Marcuz@Etienne_Marcuz·12h

@StephanVelines Nop, P. Pailloux clrearly said it was not related to METEOR.

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Etienne Marcuz@Etienne_Marcuz·16h

On COMET very long range air-to-air missile. While there are still many unknown regarding future French very long range air-to-air missile named COMET, it should not be seen as a remplacement or a competitor to METEOR long range missile. Both will most probably complement each others, just like METEOR works alongside MICA-NG and IRIS-T. COMET is needed by French air force, and most importantly by its strategic air forces (FAS) in order to push back the adversary's fighters deep inside its territory. It could probably be regarded as the equivalent of the machine gun for the infantry, that gives the soldiers on foot time to rush toward their firing position. As the chief of French procurment agency said, the requirements are that "the missile works and goes far" and should be operational in 2030. So we probably won't have a very sophisticated missile like the METEOR with its statoreactor, but more probably a "low-cost" missile with a dual-pulse solid rocket booster. The main question is for fire conduct. Rafale's radar is quite small and probably cannot detect targets with small RCS very far away, so it will most probably need designation by others means, like through the future Global Eye AEW&C aircraft. PS: Bear in mind that I have no specific insights on that project, so those are all asumptions, though based on the different statments and needs expressed recently, especially following Russia/Ukraine and India/Pakistan engagements.

Amaël Kotlarski@JakOSpades

In yesterday's parliamentary hearing the 🇫🇷 DGA stated that they hoped to get the COMET in 2030 'before the future Meteor missile'. So from the sounds of it, its a interim sidegrade before the METEOR MLU come online, rather than a full-fat replacement. youtu.be/sVT0PUBUtMc

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·13h

@K100DR_alpha On a l’avantage d’avoir toute la supply-chain (+ certification) en 🇫🇷: • intégration Dassault + Thales FR (roquette, pod TALIOS) • industrialisation Thales FR • certification et validation DGA Manque plus que les commandes significatives pour en faire un succès.

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Cassandre Alpha@K100DR_alpha·13h

Quand DGA veut, DGA peut (et vite).

bruno aviation@Bruno_Aviation

Un Rafale équipé de roquettes guidées laser aperçu à Istres. Les essais ont donc enfin démarré. Ici une nacelle Thalès JF12, donc 24 roquettes 68mm au total. Une corde de plus à l'arc du Rafale, la chasse au Shahed est OUVERTE !

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·13h

@Etienne_Marcuz An AIM-173B equivalent « air-launched Aster 15/30 » would also likely not be « cost-effective » as it contains the ABM-capable PIF-PAF guidance correction which is overkill for targets flying at Ma 0.8 to Ma 2.5 (MiG-31). Although still be cool and widen Aster’s appeal.

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·13h

@Etienne_Marcuz With all due respect I’m not convinced by this interpretation. In my opinion this «Comet» refers Meteor MLU. I don’t see how a «simpler» very-long-range missile can be conceived cost-efficiently. It could also refer to a «STRATUS RS» derivative (also ramjet and expensive).

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·1d

@JakOSpades @Mr_Mat_fr @epelgrino @ATE_CHT A single-engine aircraft like F-35 with larger inertia ingesting explosion gases or debris at low-altitude after a gun kill of a Shaheed is not advisable I’d argue. Better integrate F-35 with external APKWS rocket pods using on-board EOTS to provide sufficient separation. (3/3)

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·1d

@JakOSpades @Mr_Mat_fr @epelgrino @ATE_CHT Now I wouldn’t read too much into that because it’s still going to be a « last resort » effort due to derby, blast gas injection and reduced control authority at low-speeds and high-AoA. So this is likely not advised as long as better options are available. (2/n)

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Amaël Kotlarski@JakOSpades·1d

Aside from the fact the 🇬🇧 has not procured any GPU-9/A 25 mm gun pods for the F-35B, what are the chances that the Typhoons have similar FC limitations than the Rafales when it comes to close-range gun engagements on low-and-slow targets like Shaheds ? x.com/DefenceHQ/stat…

Amaël Kotlarski@JakOSpades

The Rafale's FCU has also be modified rapidly by Dassault to allow for close-range gun kills on Shahed type targets. Perhaps explains why have seen so many MICA engagements so far. x.com/Harry_Boone/st…

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·1d

@JakOSpades @Mr_Mat_fr @epelgrino @ATE_CHT *debris

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·1d

@JakOSpades @Mr_Mat_fr Agreed fuselage, electronics and (off-the shelf) diesel combustion engine can be handled well by automotive manufacturer on adapted assembly lines. The ofc need sufficient (state) orders to justify assigned human and capital ressources and realise the unit price advantage.

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Amaël Kotlarski@JakOSpades·1d

@StephanVelines @Mr_Mat_fr Absolutely, that is going to be the biggest bottleneck / challenge. But my point is that by designing the weapon to fit existing production lines and workforce expertise,rather than the other way round, you are going to reduce some friction and cost.

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Amaël Kotlarski@JakOSpades·1d

I agree, getting GM or Ford to produced complex munitions is going to be tricky, and that's before you get into the challenges of warhead production and installation. I think 🇫🇷's approach is more pragmatic: design a low-tech munition to plug into existing auto-production lines.

John Ridge@WeaponScientist

I am not really sure what Ford or other automakers could realistically bring to the table tbh The manufacturing model for most modern munitions is the antithesis of the manufacturing model for automobiles.

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·1d

@AirPowerNEW1 @VLS_Appreciator Soon enough, aim is to have an APKWS-equivalent in operational use in summer: • 2x 12 ACUELUS 68 LG (Laser guided 68mm rockets) • target detection & tracking via Talios targeting pod (most likely)

bruno aviation@Bruno_Aviation

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Air-Power | MIL-STD@AirPowerNEW1·12 Eki

@StephanVelines @VLS_Appreciator Well excellent then. Because this is what I tweeted about - actual combat capability used in real world tactical operations vs..well..things on the table for potential action in the future.

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Air-Power | MIL-STD@AirPowerNEW1·11 Eki

APKWS demonstrated cruise missile defense capability more than five years ago, long before it demonstrated its now enhanced sUAS defeat capability thanks to upgrades and the new proximity fuze. A ground based capability is neat but will have extremely limited envelope.

OSINTtechnical@Osinttechnical

Footage of a Ukrainian Vampire/BRAWLR SAM system shooting down a Russian Kh-69 cruise missile with a low-cost APKWS laser-guided rocket. Confirms that the platform, initially intended as an anti-drone weapon, can also successfully down higher-end threats.

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·1d

@jjbelleron @Bruno_Aviation ACUELUS 68 LG pour « Laser Guided »

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JIJIBI (Waddle71)@jjbelleron·1d

@Bruno_Aviation Ces roquettes de 68 mm sont elles guidées laser ? Celle-là de 70 mm de Thales Belgium le sont elles

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·1d

Huge competitive advantage of 🇫🇷 to manage the entire supply-chain, integration and certification « in house ». If there really is a necessity to move fast (pressure on ammunition stocks), fast is how 🇫🇷 moves.

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·1d

We’re so back (to hunting Shaheeds with Rafale)! Looks very much like LASER guidance via Talios-pod and ACUELUS 68 LG guided rockets indeed. Great news though and swift integration.

bruno aviation@Bruno_Aviation

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·1d

🇫🇷 DGA will evaluate a low-cost, long-range drone by Turgis et Gaillard and car manufacturer Renault. To facilitate mass production, the drone uses a automotive-derived diesel combustion engine.

stromgade@stromgade

@cameron19460429

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Stéphanε γvelines@StephanVelines·1d

@stromgade @cameron19460429 I’m hoping the architecture is modular enough to enable: • rapid evolution (e.g. guidance in jamming prone environments, final-stage targeting) • hardware variations (trading fuel and warhead size depending on targets, sub-/cluster munitions) • decoy/jamming variants.

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stromgade@stromgade·1d

@cameron19460429

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the cameron account.@cameron19460429·2d

I think this is actually a much-needed step in the right direction. American automakers are great at scaling production and some of the core competencies overlap especially with basic UAV's and lightly armored vehicles but even with more advanced systems and wiring/ integration

The Spectator Index@spectatorindex

The Pentagon has approached automakers General Motors and Ford about shifting some capacity to 'make arms and military supplies', according to Wall Street Journal.

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