“The world has revealed its true nature: unstable, dangerous, and not everyone is a friend,” said senior French colonel. French troops are preparing for a high-intensity conflict against an enemy who can match them with firepower — a big change for an army that’s spent the past decades fighting counterinsurgency campaigns in places like Mali and Afghanistan. The hostilities in Ukraine, in their third year, have brought full-scale war back to the Continent, said Colonel Axel Denis, who runs the combat training center (CENTAC) at Mailly-le-camp in eastern France. “The world has revealed its true nature: unstable, dangerous, and not…
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