Could france defend its self from anybody?

Question

do they have an army

Answer 1

yeah, an army of losers

Answer 2

If somebody attack us, we have enough nukes to kill 100 millions people and it is 100% french techs (not soviet or something), so I think nobody will try to invade France .

Plus, France has the second largest military expenditure in the world and have some of the most modern equipements.

So France can defend itself from ANIBODY thanks and have a nice day.

Answer 3

they have rifles for sale. only used once!!

Answer 4

If you open a history book for once, you'll see that France was probably one of the biggest colonial powers for centuries in the world up until the mid 1900s.

Answer 5

No Too small country.If europe were united

Answer 6

If lesser bodies such as vietnam can stalemate the US (not to say US is godlike, because it isnt) then im sure France could hold its own to almost anyone.  The fact that the soviets sell nukes for 10cents a pop now a days also further that statement.

Answer 7

French bashing, the favourite sport of trolls with too much time and not enough brains...

And just to answer the question : Yes. Read Rillifane's answer

Answer 8

There are some 137,000 troops in the French Army which is equiped with more than 1,200 main battle tanks. There are also 8,000 members of the foreign legion and 14,700 marines in the ground forces.

The French navy has 45,600 personnel and is equipped with 10 modern submarines, 35 surface combatants, and around 75 other ships.

The French air force has 64,000 personnel and has an inventory of 449 combat aircraft.

In additon to the regular Armed Forces there are an additional 101,399 personnel in the Gendarmerie Nationale, which is heavily armed.

France has the  third largest nuclear arsenal in the world with a total nuclear strength of 482 weapons.

The French armed forces are equipped by the French defense industry which is one of the world's largest and which produces equipment of a very high quality.

French training standards are very high and the French army is very disciplined and fully battle worthy. The troops of the Legion Etrange are considered amongst the most elite fighting units in the world.

In other words, the answer is yes.