Noun
French Defence (uncountable)
A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 e6, in which the white king's pawn advances two squares and the black king's pawn advance one square.
French Defence Minister Florence Parly has urged governments in the Sahel to uphold human rights during military operations, in a report on the progress of France's regional Operation Barkhane before the French senate's foreign affairs committee. Source: Internet
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed the news on Monday on France’s BFM television. Source: Internet
France hopes to get finance for a military drone project it is working on with Germany, Italy, and Spain, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said. Source: Internet
“The announcement that the warships were on the move was made by a spokesman for the French Defence Ministry, who said also that the sustained air offensive was designed to destroy as many of the Egyptian planes on the ground as possible. Source: Internet