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Chris Philp MP (CPhilpOfficial) says the French claim the incident was a training…

2026-07-29 · 08:43 UTC ·@FrenchResponse ·0 min read

Brief

Chris Philp MP alleges that recent gunfire by French forces — which France calls a training exercise — was not warned, involved live rounds fired at the closest point of approach to his vessel, and occurred only at that moment. Philp labels the action implausible as training and describes it as deliberate intimidation (post dated 2026-07-29).

Why it matters

Chris Philp MP (CPhilpOfficial) says the French claim the incident was a training exercise is not credible and explicitly disputes it.

Key details

  • Philp asserts there were no warnings of live-fire training, that live rounds were fired at the closest point of approach to his vessel, and that no shots were observed before or after.
  • He characterises the firing as deliberate intimidation, stating it 'looked and sounded exactly like deliberate intimidation' (post dated 2026-07-29).
Source evidence

Training is routine.
Signalling is systematic.
The only shots being fired now are shots in the dark.

Chris Philp MP (@CPhilpOfficial)

The French are now claiming that the shots were a training exercise

This is not credible

There were no warnings in place about live firing training exercises. They fired the live rounds at the closest point of approach to us - and didn’t fire anything that we saw before or after

It looked and sounded exactly like deliberate intimidation

— https://nitter.net/CPhilpOfficial/status/2082088207101853871#m