T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
Seems the French might have a spine after all. Marcon is sending a fleet of 8 frigates, two helicopter carriers, and their nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle, to the Persian Gulf to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
www.dailymail.co.uk
That's more than double the escorts and 100% more carriers than the RN can currently muster to send. Seems Britannia no longer rules the waves...
French taskforce is streaming towards the Gulf in 'unprecedented' move
The President of France will deploy eight frigates, two amphibious helicopter carriers and the country's flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to the Middle East.
That's more than double the escorts and 100% more carriers than the RN can currently muster to send. Seems Britannia no longer rules the waves...


