Comments by "Retrosicotte" (@Retrosicotte) on "Which country has the most powerful military: UK or France?" video.

  1. Larger but usually only due to older, cheaper kit. Much of their air force is made up of ancient Mirages that wouldn't stand a hope against modern jets, remember.
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  2. Not accurate in the slightest. Their army is more modernised in AFVs but...thats about it.
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  3.  @leandro9311  France absolutely does not have "more modern and heavier" helos. The UK's chinooks and merlins are much larger than anything France has in number. There's a reason France needed the UK's help in Mali with helos.
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  4.  @Andreadu34  A large chunk of it IS though. Mirage is outdated and ancient, it's a world away from Rafales, Typhoons and especially F-35s. If you track it in actual modern jets, there's a lot more evens. RAF has a qualitive advantage, French the Quantitive (but only if old planes are included)
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  5.  @Keln02  It's accurate though. France's logistics are very short, and focused on local area logistics in each location.
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  6. Defence industry is certainly more varied, and politics are a bit more stable, but more powerful? Not really.
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