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LINK Might have that name wrong. My french isn't very good. https://apnews.com/article/ene...97b899108ec8a8c94856 France to build new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier PARIS (AP) — France will build a new, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to replace its Charles de Gaulle carrier by 2038, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday. Macron framed the decision to use nuclear reactors to propel the future warship as part of France’s climate strategy, stressing its lower emissions compared to diesel fuel. Speaking at a nuclear facility in the Burgundy town of Le Creusot, he called France’s nuclear weapons and atomic energy industry “the cornerstone of our strategic autonomy,” and said the nuclear sector plays a role in France’s “status as a great power.” One of his advisers noted that having an aircraft carrier also helps France project its global influence. Only a few countries in the world maintain the huge, costly vessels. The new French aircraft carrier will be about 70,000 tons and 300 meters long, roughly 1.5 times the size of the Charles de Gaulle, which has been deployed for international military operations in Iraq and Syria in recent years, according to French presidential advisers. Its catapults will be electro-magnetic, and American-made, and the ship will be designed to accommodate next-generation warplanes and serve until around 2080, the advisers said. They didn’t provide a price tag but French media estimate it will cost around 7 billion euros ($8.5 billion). Macron also pledged 500 million euros in investment in the nuclear industry and a separate fund to modernize it, and promised “progress” on the persistent problem of how to permanently get rid of nuclear waste. Nuclear reactors provide the majority of France’s electricity, but many reactors are aging and delays have dogged new-generation reactors. Macron, who is co-hosting a global video summit on Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate accord, said France also must do more to develop wind, solar, hydrogen and other renewable energies. _________________________ NRA Endowment Member _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis | ||
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Merde! 18 years before its in service? End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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maybe longer, look at the launch system they plan to use  _________________________ NRA Endowment Member _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis | |||
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The French are serious about their lunch hour(s). P229 | |||
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Uh oh. This should get interesting. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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How original and witty. Not to mention grammatical gibberish. | |||
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Or more accurately....maybe they will name it “Lafayette” as it will be projecting French Naval power overseas during our next revolution. 0:01 | |||
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Makes this all the more impressive done with slipsticks and drafting tables: Harshest Dream, Reality | |||
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That New Jersey was a beautiful ship. Graceful lines. 0:01 | |||
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Along with the other three Iowa class. Harshest Dream, Reality | |||
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I guess they can have their one carrier group. I did not realize the US dwarfs every other country by comparison. We have 11 of the 22 carriers in service today. The most anybody else has is 2: China, Italy, and United Kingdom. And, yes, I was on the Big E. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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France is one of the very few countries that can actually project power, and does. Witness it's constant but, under reported activities in West Africa. If things continue to heat up in the Eastern Med between Greece/Turkey and Lebanon teetering, France is going to be the one getting involved. France is also one of the few countries that embraces nuclear power and the all advances that such science brings. When their first nuclear carrier Charles de Gaulle was built, it took 8 years to build and then another five years of unforeseen shipyard work due to all the technical problems. They got it done and have been projecting power the last decade to include multiple cross-decking ops with the USN. Hats off as they continue down the path of building a successor and maintaining presence on the seas. Hope they built two as a single-build is incredibly costly. Here's some more details and artist impressions of what designs they're looking at. | |||
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«Onserend» (we surrender) has a distinct french musical sound to it 0-0 "OP is a troll" - Flashlightboy, 12/18/20 | |||
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Surely it will be as powerful as a parfait fart. *********************** * Diligentia Vis Celeritis * *********************** "Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle .... They conquer by strategy." - Sun Tsu - The Art of War "Fast is Fine, but Accuracy is Everything" - Wyatt Earp | |||
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Some rather ignorant comments, France is neck deep in counterterrorism in Africa and works closely with allies. Don’t mistake crappy leadership for cowardice in WW2 | |||
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Calm down killer. Its just a joke.  | |||
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About the oldest “joke” on here. And it’s never funny or original...or accurate for that matter. We likely wouldn’t even exist as a free country without the intervention, aid and support of the French. 0:01 | |||
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The French that supported us in the Revolutionary wars got their heads lopped off a decade or so later. This is a different France, one that has consistently been on the opposite side of US geopolitics for almost a century, since 1940 or so (I start at Vichy France). | |||
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EXACTLY! Yes, the French bailed us out in the Revolution. We owed them a huge debt for this assistance; a debt we paid in full in WWI. Oh, and then we saved their ungrateful butts AGAIN in WWII, meaning they owe us big. And, don't forget; the (Vichy) French SIDED WITH GERMANY in WWII, and for all practical purposes, were part of the Axis powers. I've read several history books that indicate, over and over, that the French seemed far more willing to fight against the British and Americans than against the Germans. There were several fleet actions in the Med that saw the French naval forces fighting the British and Americans. Look up the British Attack on Mers-el-Kebir (the French still hold a grudge against Britain because of this, calling it a 'betrayal') and the Battle of Casablanca, where the US fought French naval units (the battleship USS Massachusetts dueled the French battleship Jean Bart there). And yet, the French are still pissed off at us because we didn't bail them out of their mess in Indochina (Vietnam). The France that helped us out in the Revolution was Louis the XVI's France, a government which ceased to exist during the French Revolution. Oh, and few people probably realize the US actually went to war against France from 1798-1800, in the Quasi-War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-War So, yes, "France" helped us win our independence, and we should never forget that. But, we paid that debt and then some, and the France that saved us doesn't exist any more. Therefore, I don't see any reason to 'let up' on them. They have earned their bad reputation. Now, France DID support Israel early on (French aircraft were crucial to Israel winning the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur Wars), so I do give France some credit for that. But, Israel did all the actual fighting, and France's record in war for the past 100 years is hardly something to brag about. This came out during the general French-bashing era around the time of Operation Iraqi Freedom, but is good for a chuckle or two:
Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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And I recall they denied us the use of their airspace when we went after Quadafi in 86. The airspace that covers the graves of thousands of Americans! End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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