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A French Aircraft Carrier Sailed Into China’s Backyard. It Was Met by 40 Chinese Warships.

Key Points and Summary - During a recent five-month deployment to the Pacific, a French carrier strike group led by the flagship Charles de Gaulle had a tense "meeting" with a Chinese aircraft carrier ...
National Security Journal on MSN

How a ‘Cheap and Tiny’ Submarine ‘Sank’ a $4,500,000,000 Nuclear Navy Aircraft Carrier

In 2015, the French Navy’s compact Rubis-class SSN Saphir reportedly penetrated USS Theodore Roosevelt’s (an aircraft carrier built for $4,500,000,000) defensive screen during COMPTUEX and scored ...
USNI

French Carrier Strike Group Returns from 5-Month Deployment

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the ‘Stingers’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113, and an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the ‘Bounty Hunters’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2, taxi across ...
The Aviationist on MSN

U.S. Navy E-2D Refuels from French Rafale, A400M and A330 MRTT

The completion of aerial refueling testing with French tankers is another step towards the introduction of the E-2D Advanced ...
Yahoo

India tops up its Rafale warplane buy with 26 carrier-capable jets

French Rafale fighter jets are seen on the flight deck of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in Singapore on March 4, 2025. (Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images) MILAN — India and France ...
The National Interest

French Carrier Charles De Gaulle Returns to Port After 5 Months at Sea

Apart from being the flagship of the French Navy, the Charles de Gaulle has several unique features. Perhaps most significantly, she is currently the only nuclear-powered carrier built and operated by ...