France Is Testing Its New Gigantic Nuclear Aircraft Carrier 

Nous sommes liés par l'histoire et la guerre, votre liberté, c'est notre liberté, amitié éternelle entre les Etats-unis et la France!

We indeed are linked by history and war. Your freedom gave us our freedom and in return we are now partners@@tikou8377

@@tikou8377 Quelle naïveté !! C'est à pleurer...

​@@goldorakrak8939 c'est toi le naïf. Les USA, et la Grande-Bretagne sont les seuls pays qui ne nous déclareront plus jamais la guerre. Si tu es incapable de voir ça, c'est que ton manque de connaissance géopolitique est colossal.

J'emmerde ces trolls si je les vois, je les déchirerai

You literally pulled out of the "Paris" agreement..... You stood by untill it wasn't in your interest...

French people that leave France are often pompous snobs just a stereotype though I lived at uni with a Frenchman one of the most down to earth guys I’d met 🇬🇧 🇫🇷

Exactly and it's hardly gigantic. It's much smaller than any US flattop and it smaller than the 2 UK carriers. It is also older than 22 years. It was commissioned 23 years ago, however was laid down in 1989 and launched in 1994. It took almost 8 full years after first launch to commission after redesigns, flaw fixes etc and it still faces numerous extensive maintenance lay ups, without a sister ship to take on it's duties. The Foch and Clemenceau by comparison were commissioned in half the time of CDG and at least then France was able to deploy an AC all the time.

Compared to some like us Nimitz it s quite new

French carriers don’t have ICBMs, but their air wings operate the ASMPA, the French nuclear cruise missile.

Exactly

Looks aren’t for show in warfare

Yeah, thanks for that contribution to WW2.....

Just thinking, even at the height of the French Napoleon empire, didn't you, even when you teamed up with the Spanish, get completely destroyed by the British...

lol

@@BuFuMAV4ICK You also lost the battle of France. Surrendered 120,000 troops to the Japanese in Singapore in one week while outnumbering them 3-1. And don't flatter yourself - you only contributed 6% of the allied manpower. The Russians killed 7/8 Germans and the Yanks took care of the war in the Pacific

@@BuFuMAV4ICK Napoleon lost at Waterloo - there were only 20% Brits present and only 5% were English. Not really a British victory

Enjoy your Aukus! We don't trust you guys and we will vote for that

don't worry they made a huge rafale + submarine deal with India just after that ... France is now the 2nd weapon supplier in the world.

with putin around, there is no other way to go.

well, with over 3000 nuclear weapons, yes it is, unfortunately.

@@deuxalex562 You think they are the only one? Nuclear weapons are 80+ year old technology they don't make you a super power. Any developed country can build the same if they want.

The EU is to disunifed for any joint military for it's members, as for france being a superpower, while I can see you guys becoming the dominant power in europe and the mediterranean (unless turkey rises in power in which case they will be your primary rival) france does not have the capabilities to be a superpower. While having a healthy birthrate compared to your neighbors like germany who is currently dying, you do not have the giant population that the US or china have (though china to is dying of old age) to be able to successfully compete with american and chinese markets, and you don't exactly have a competitive tech and industrial capabilities that the two current superpowers (america and china) along with the japanese and koreans have. That being said having a powerful ally in europe would be very nice to have with how chaotic the coming world is shaping to be. If you do read this then thanks for listening to the rant of some american giving their outside opinion on a european power.

@@delta2372 The EU combined has a population of 450 million without the UK and ukraine. With both of them we got a population of around 600 million. That is 600 million people combined with a gdp larger then the US. Without the UK and ukraine we would be the 2nd largest economy. A 2% spending on defense would be around 2/3 of the US millitary budget. With a 3% spending which is the same procentage the US spends on defense we would be slightly smaller or larger depending on the question weather the UK is in the EU or not. The problem is it will never happen since nationalists think of its own self importance. That makes cooperation an impossibility. One thing that annoys me the most is the part where many european people thinks america is against it and that we should rely on NATO/American tax payers to defend us rather then ourself. Since they say that an EU army does not have american support because we would have some diffrences on our foreign policy. Though I think americans would be happy with a strong ally even though some of our foreign policy might differentiate on some areas. Since america would not need to pay a dime for european defense. As a example the EU currently has a combined milllitary of 3.7 million troops 1.7 million is active duty professional soldiers. We outnumber the russians already 2 to 1 with a average spending of 1.5% of gdp. But because of inefficiencies we got lower volumes of equipment since we produce 3 different aircraft's, 7 different tanks, 22 different IFV types, etc. This parallel production is creating an artificial bottleneck that make us weaker for no reason. If we standardized our equipment we could rival the US in millitary strength. Making it harder for russia and china. Though that will not happen since we got idiots in power, like america got some idiots in power aswell. I do not know what it is with some people in power and sabotaging their own nation. edit: I like to rant aswell as a european or more specificaly a swede who is for a european federation. Though a lot of my countrymen disagree with it. In general there is large support for a EU military in the younger generation while older generation is against it since they feel threaten by it destroying our individual culture. Though I think the EU is not a threat to it since we got a single market yet we have not lost our own language. The EU is great if we want to help each other creating a better world rather then tear each other down to make ourself look better. I think there is some similar dynamics between US states where some states does not like to cooperate on some projects because of ideological differences or some other reason. Though america is a lot better on cooperating with each other then people are within the EU. I think we should learn more of that from america like america could learn about our mixed market economic system from europe. We all have diffrent areas we need to improve on, no nation is perfect as I like to say. Link to europes combined strength. Might look a bit diffrent now when we are militarizing after 2022. This war in ukraine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Security_and_Defence_Policy

​@@BS-vm5btthe european military industrial complex is scattered and the political will weak.

there is already a EU army ... the french army 😅

Any changes now😂

The French is now only 20 years behind the Americans instead of 30 years behind. What an achievement.

Not meant to.

Excellent - Vive la France!

15 years ago, we paid more for a project with uk before they décided to leave.

All the east coast was French in the past, we are all around the world!

the british have steam aircraft carriers and no catapults, and the eurofighter is not navalized

@@dreamix1492 The carrier's have f35's because they're more advanced... Never said they were to carry the eurofighters I was making a point that they are just as good as the Raphael.... By the time France makes the thing there fighters will be obsolete.... France will no doubt have a 5th gen fighter by then, so I doubt the aircraft carrier will be made with an obsolete fighter in mind.

@@BuFuMAV4ICK the Rafale is omnirole compared to the eurofighter. France is currently working on a 6th gene omnirole fighter too

Nuclear?

@@dreamix1492 the UK invented the steam catapult and the STOVL launch system but proved STOVL to be great during bad weather during the Falklands war. When you work in shipbuilding you wouldn’t want to be onboard any surface vessel powered by nuclear reactors

Guess you've never seen how much firepower a carrier can project.

Every country that can’t build a carrier says that, but they always react to the announcement of a new one.

Ever heard of a SAM system?

But! If the Frenchies installed a trebuchet to launch its fighters instead of an electromagnetic catapult, well, THAT would be truly 6th gen ! I'm surprised the Frenchies haven't thought of this yet!

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The latest American aircraft carrier is expected to last 50 years even the Abram tank I believe was built in the 80s military equipment is meant to be upgraded over the years and you'll be surprised how long it takes to get projects going the new Canadian Navy they're building right now is expected to last until 2070 says I'm 40 years old I'll probably be dead before those ships are retired my point is that military planning takes decades

Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier was ordered in 2008 was commissioned in 2017 deployed in 2022 that's about 24 years like I said military projects take a long time

French army budget 50 Billions usa 800billions

Please... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_de_dissuasion

@@jordananastasijeski9209 You can delete France as fast as you can, french nukes are launched from submarines. The retaliation doctrine is automatic.

troll spoted...

So we can sell them to US for Afghanistan.

It's spelled 'reverse" david.

Straight up lies. We have more Destroyers, more Subs, and more Helo Carriers (they got none) than Italy (They got more frigates and patrol vessels... lol). Their 2 carriers combined still have a lower total displacement than the CDG, arent nuclear propelled, and have a much lower tech profile overall Turkey literally has 0 Destoyers, 0 AC, 0 HC, for about 20% more Frigates, Subs, and Patrol Vessels France Navy is comparable in size to Japan and South-Korea. China, the US, and Russia obviously are the biggest players, with India on its own league behind them. Everyone else however comes behind.

Don't worry, EU's navy will be MUCH bigger. 😅👍

The 2 aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy are simply two big targets with no defensive weapons and poor quality aircraft. The aircraft carrier charles-de-gaulle has undergone during these technical stops a modernization and a renovation to allow it to have the latest technologies. The CDG has a nuclear propulsion whereas the British aircraft carriers do not. The Rafale has nothing left to prove, it is a 4.5 generation aircraft. The F35B has technical problems, a shorter range and a smaller payload. If the F35B wants to carry out important missions, it must carry weapons under its wings, and therefore more stealth. British aircraft carriers are designed for amphibious support or near the coast.

@Endika Eche Some British people still believe that the Royal Navy is the same as it was several years ago, but this is no longer the case.

U are just jealous of the french, u are RIDICULOUS 😂😂😂

The QE air wing consists of 24 f35bs under normal circumstances ( as of today it still doesn’t operate 24 f35s) or 36 in extreme cases and 2 Merlin. While the CDG’s air wing consists of 30 to 40 Rafales, 2 Hawkeyes, 2 Caïman marine, 2 Dauphin Pedro, and soon 1 Panther. A minimal search on Wikipedia shows it. The CDG has a nuclear strike capability, cruise missile strike capability, electronic warfare capability, long range fire and forget air to air capability, air defence capability by itself (the ship itself with his Aster missiles, not talking about the planes), deep strike capability against active enemy air defences, Hawkeyes,etc… The QE and Prince of Whales have none of that…

What can you do only with F35 on board ? They need other planes with them. And only available at 50% with a lot of maintenance.

French army budget 50 Billions usa 800billions

Indeed because Frenchies are not as fat as US people

Doesn’t have to be. Only sails to the Mediterranean Sea.

That's why USA debt is 34 trillion dollars and EU debt is 14 trillion dollars. 😅😅😅😅😅 Enjoy suckers. While we enjoy universal healthcare, free education and superb public transport.

it's like in love you don't need to have the biggest one to satisfy your ego! It’s all in what we do with it!