Future French Carrier Will Be Nuclear Powered, Macron Says

Charles de Gaulle
Credit: USMC
France’s future aircraft carrier will be nuclear powered, President Emmanuel Macron has confirmed, but there is still no firm decision on whether there will be more than one ship. The €7 billion ($8.4 billion) new carrier is expected to weigh around 75,000 tons–some 30,000 tons more than the ship it...

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