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...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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