France Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Neat if they do it. the French Air Force Currently operates something like 14 C130's with the coming of the A400M those C130's would be opened up for retirement modification to another role.
The Us is still the only nation to operate a large counter Insurgency air frame type like the AC130 Although there is the potential for others. Given the French and NAto operations in Africa of Late it seems possible they may have deemed such a type a need. The Newest of the AC130W stinger II and AC130J ghostrider have provisions for bombing in the form of hellfires, Griffin missiles, Viperstrike and SDB's along side the 30mm cannons.
The Us is still the only nation to operate a large counter Insurgency air frame type like the AC130 Although there is the potential for others. Given the French and NAto operations in Africa of Late it seems possible they may have deemed such a type a need. The Newest of the AC130W stinger II and AC130J ghostrider have provisions for bombing in the form of hellfires, Griffin missiles, Viperstrike and SDB's along side the 30mm cannons.
kwaigonegin
Colonel
I like such a device however just to play devil's advocate if such a device were to become mainstream then wouldn't the search aircraft be looking for such a device also?
If they can pick up the mast of a sub surely they can also pick up such a device floating on the surface and know the controlling sub is nearby and take both defensive measures and launch offensive weapons accordingly.
This was a six month refit...which in the grand scheme of things is not a major refit.
If they ever do a major overhaul, refit, and service life extension...with a potential reactor core refurb, then they will be looking at two years.
And that is the inherant weakness of a single carrier force.
Any major damage, repair, or refit like that will mean that the French Navy has no carrier or fixed wing capability for the duration of that long refit/repair.
IMHO, the Friench desperately need to look at a second carrier to give themselves the sustainability and flexibility they enjoyed when they had the Clemenceau and Foch operating together.
Yes, in french " indisponibilité pour entretien intermédiaire (IEI) " between 2 IPER.
Major refit in french : " IPER (Indisponibilité Périodique pour Entretien et Réparations)", take 18 month, the autonomy of the reactor is 7.5 years. For USN CV is RCOH.
The " CDG " are two K 15 nuclear reactor identical those of Triomphant SSBN which has only one, power 41500 cv/30500 kw.
There was no built a new reactor for reasons of economy, in more for one ship.
But therefore the CDG is a bit underpowered, a little, max speed 27 n.
Operationnal 5 years on 7.5.
An anecdote, an old ship was being towed on the drydock front, to enhance security, the French sailors malignant ! hehe
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
French and Americans are both on thier own now
it's not like UK would bring massive power to the area and change the outcome but the political support was important
But I think it's a good thing UK has shown that they can act alone and don't just follow the US into everything and anything
It's what you call a dynamic relationship, we were asked we studied the situation and we decided what we wanted to do
Everyone respects that
it's not like UK would bring massive power to the area and change the outcome but the political support was important
But I think it's a good thing UK has shown that they can act alone and don't just follow the US into everything and anything
It's what you call a dynamic relationship, we were asked we studied the situation and we decided what we wanted to do
Everyone respects that