French aircraft carrier back in French Port

XINHUA NEWS AGENCY | 2/25/03

[uncbuck]

"On Feb. 17, the French armies confirmed that Charles-de-Gaulle will not head for the Gulf region after finishing the exercises in the Mediterranean. "

Yep, they are going to station it off the coast of Maryland, in a show of 'force', to deter US and British agrression toward they're gallant leader Saddam.

[yankeedame]

France has an aircraft carrier?

[PokeyJoe]

I dunno... but something is definately missing.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Have you read about it? That thing is a multi billion dollar engineering abortion. Among the MAJOR engineering flaws is the nuclear powerplant with insufficient cooling for more than a few minutes at max output when it will go into emergency shut down for an hour or so before it can be restarted.

[uncbuck]

A white flag at the staff?

[My2Cents]

I dunno... but something is definately missing.

You mean, like warplanes?!

[Semper Paratus]

I dunno... but something is definately missing.

Why do you think their planes are called Mirages?

[NC Conservative]

France's only aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle

I am no expert but please tell me France has more than one aircraft carrier.

[Robe]

Charles de Gaulle
(Known in the Med as "Crippled Charlie"

Length, flight deck 261.5 m
Beam, flight deck 64.4 m
Displacement 40,500 tons
Maximum speed 27 kts
Complement platform: 1,200 - air group: 800


USS HARRY S. TRUMAN
Length of Flight Deck: 1,096 Feet:( as long as the Empire State Building is tall.)
Width of Flight Deck: 251 feet; (at its widest point)
Height; waterline to masts: 20 stories
Area of Flight Deck: 4.5 acres
Water Displacement: 97,000 tons
POWER
Type: Nuclear
Number of Reactors: 2
Number of Screws: 4 (5 blades each, 21 feet across)
Weight of Screws: 64,000 pounds each
Top Speed: Exceeds 30 knots

Speaks for itself doesn't it ?

[Spruce]

Nice WHITE color. Must save them the hassle of hoisting a flag.

[AppyPappy]

They sold their other one to Brazil.

[MassExodus]

It would make a great artificial coral reef, or a wreck dive training site.

[Hunble]

[michaelt]

Where did you read that?

[Constitution Day]

Now for 3 months of liberty!

Hell, it'll take 3 months to get the B.O. smell to a tolerable level again.

[bray]

Have they scuttled it yet???

Pray for GW and Our Troops

[r9etb]

Nuclear-powered and escorted by a fleet of five frigates, the French carrier has on board 14 Super-Etendards, two radar Hawkeye planes, four Rafales, two Pedro helicopters and two Pumas.

22 aircraft, of which 18 are fixed-wing.

By comparison, a Nimitz-class carrier like the Truman carries 85 aircraft, including F-14 Tomcats, F/A-18 Hornets, EA-6B Prowlers, S-3B Vikings, E-2C Hawkeyes, SH-60 Sea Hawks and C-2 Greyhound.

Candy-ass Frenchies can't even build a respectable carrier (they count on us defending them with our carriers).

[bmwcyle]

Name Builder LD LCH COM R.99 Foch Nantes St Nazaire naval shipyard

Feb.15/57 Jul.28/60 Jul.15/63 modernized Nov./77-Nov./78 with capabilites for nuclear weapons modernized Jul./80-Aug./81 modernized Feb./87-Jun./88 with Crotale AAW missilesand ASMP nuclear weapons modernized 1992 with new catapults and Mistral AAW missiles modernized 1995 with Sadral AAW missiles and replacement of 100m guns with 2 x 30mm Force d'Action Navale homeport Toulon To reserve in 2000-2001 and held as backup carrier or possible sale to Brazil

NATO War Games in 1985 against the USS Glenard P. Libscomb.

Sunk three times until the whinning made the sub stand off.

[Gothmog]

French are lucky we didn't sink it.

[SevenDaysInMay]

The pride of the new muslim nuclear power, Eurabia.