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🇫🇷 "Pendant #ORION2023, le #Rafale a pu mener des raids contre des navires à plus de 1000km du porte-avions."

Retour sur l'audition à huis clos de l'@amiralVandier, chef d’état-major de la @MarineNationale, devant la commission de défense sur le projet de #LPM 24-30.

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⚓️ [Les marins] "font le choix d’être en moyenne 152 jours hors de leur foyer chaque année. Que ce soit au large ou près des côtes, dans le gros temps de l’Atlantique ou sur les flots du Pacifique, ils assurent la protection de la France et des Français." @amiralVandier #LPM
🇫🇷 "Compte tenu de l’immensité des espaces à protéger, gagner la guerre avant la guerre suppose de nous déployer régulièrement, d’entretenir une interopérabilité forte et de haut niveau avec nos partenaires et de montrer nos capacités à intervenir dans les domaines de pointe."
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#Hydronomastics is the study of #hydronyms, the proper names of bodies of water.

It's a branch of #toponomastics, the study of #toponyms (the proper names of places), which in turn is a branch of #onomastics, the study of #orthonyms (proper names).

French / Luxembourghish sign: The River Sauer in Martelan...
#Hydronym and #hydronomastics both derive from Ancient #Greek ὕδωρ / húdōr (water) + ὄνομα / ónoma (name). The Greek island of Skiatho...
#Hydronyms tend to outlast other #toponyms, even when new #languages and cultures displace earlier ones.

#England, #EastAnglia, #Essex, and #Sussex are named for the #Angles and #Saxons; but #Trent, #Ouse, #Thames, #Severn, and #Avon are older #Celtic and #RomanoBritish names. A map showing the main rive...
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