General Thierry Burkhard, on the departure by the end of August, believes that Russia could represent a “real threat” for Europe within five years due to its massive reset.
A new outing with lifting the camp. The chief of staff of the armies, General Thierry Burkhard, will leave his post at the head of the French forces at the end of August and held on July 13 a rare press conference on the state of threats facing France and Europe.
This Thursday, July 31, the boss of the Grande Muette once again confided, this time in the columns of the British newspaper The Economist, with the Russian threat online in sight.
According to General Thierry Burkhard, Russia, still mired in its invasion of Ukraine but which is massively rearmized, could represent a “real threat” for Europe within five years.
“Russia will again have the means to represent a military threat to Western countries, and European countries in particular,” said the boss of the French armies.
“We will not win war with Ferrari”
Russia plans to spend nearly $ 1.100 billion in reset by 2036 in anticipation of a possible large -scale war, according to the Ukrainian intelligence services. “He realizes that his army is not up to par,” said BFMTV Claude Blanchemaison, a former French ambassador to Russia on BFMTV, by analyzing the military strategy of Vladimir Putin.
Faced with Russia, European nations have undergone a defensive electroshock over the past three years and the links have sometimes been strengthened. This is particularly the case between France and the United Kingdom while Paris and London announced on July 9 a change in major doctrine on nuclear deterrence.
The two military nuclear powers of the old continent saying that they are ready to “coordinate” their firepower of the atom and that any “adversary would be confronted with the nuclear force of the two nations” in the event of a threat.
Beyond high-tech weapons, the chief of staff of the armies alerts that in front of Russian drones at low cost, the long-range missiles to several hundred thousand euros The unit will not be able to remain economically viable.
“We need Ferrari from time to time (but) we will not win war with Ferrari,” said General Thierry Burkhard.
The latter will soon leave his post, after four years at the head of the French armies. Air Force General Fabien Mandon was appointed to take over from Thierry Burkhard, Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on July 23. Former Mirage pilot (F1 then 2000D), with the radio indicative “Madon”, the 55-year-old officer is the first aviator to access the function since General Jean-Philippe Douin, 30 years ago.