French warship to join US fleet in Persian Gulf

Press TV ^ | 10/28/2010 | Press TV

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier is now en route to the region and will arrive there at the end of October, when a quarter of the world's nuclear aircraft carriers will gather in the stratgeic waters.

The French carrier is accompanied by two frigates, an attack submarine, a re-fuelling tanker, 3,000 sailors and 27 aircraft.

"The force would help allied navies fight piracy off the coast of Somalia and send jets to support NATO in the skies above Afghanistan," said the commander of the group, Rear Admiral Jean-Louis Kerignard.

This is while new opinion polls show that a vast majority of the French are against any military presence in Afghanistan and want an immediate withdrawal of troops from the war-torn country.

Charles de Gaulle is to join its two US counterparts already stationed in the waters, that is the nuclear-powered super carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group.

USS Lincoln and USS Truman are currently assigned to the Fifth Fleet's area of responsibility, which encompasses the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the eastern coast of Africa south to Kenya, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf.

The Fifth is the first fleet established in the post-Cold War period and is in charge of several of the most strategic chokepoints on the planet that is the Suez Canal, the Bab Al Mandeb and the Strait of Hormuz.

There are currently over 31 warships docked in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, nineteen of them belonging to the United States.

The recent additions will create a formidable armada covering the Arabian Sea from one end to the other.

[Chode]

french propaganda...

Sinking fast: French aircraft carrier set to defend Britain breaks down
Daily Mail ^ | 10/31/10 | Staff

Posted on Sunday, October 31, 2010 2:00:28 PM by Nachum

The French aircraft carrier which is set to play a key role in defending Britain over the next decade has broken down. As President Nicolas Sarkozy prepares to use a London summit this week to announce that RAF jets will fly from the carrier Charles de Gaulle, his naval chiefs have told him that she is no longer seaworthy. ‘She is meant to be heading to Afghanistan but is instead in her home port with a faulty propulsion system,’ said a French Navy source.

[RJL]

"The force would help allied navies fight piracy off the coast of Somalia

The French were the mouthpiece for Saddam Hussein, are they being stationed in the gulf to speak for the Somali pirates?

[SunkenCiv]

Bravo Sarko! Thanks ErnstStavroBlofeld.

France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier... will arrive there at the end of October, when a quarter of the world's nuclear aircraft carriers will gather in the strategic waters. The French carrier is accompanied by two frigates, an attack submarine, a re-fuelling tanker, 3,000 sailors and 27 aircraft. "The force would help allied navies fight piracy off the coast of Somalia and send jets to support NATO in the skies above Afghanistan," said the commander of the group, Rear Admiral Jean-Louis Kerignard. This is while new opinion polls show that a vast majority of the French are against any military presence in Afghanistan and want an immediate withdrawal of troops from the war-torn country.

[SunkenCiv]

Forward for France!

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Ships and Submarines
Deployable Battle Force Ships: 288

Ships Underway (away from homeport): 160 ships (56 % of total)

On deployment: 114 ships (40% of total)

Attack submarines underway (away from homeport): 29 subs (53%)

On deployment: 20 subs (37%)
Ships Underway

Carriers:
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - Pacific Ocean
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - 5th Fleet
USS George Washington (CVN 73) - East China Sea
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - 5th Fleet
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN76) - Pacific Ocean
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) - Atlantic Ocean

Amphibious Warfare Ships:
USS Nassau (LHA 4) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Peleliu (LHA 5) - 5th Fleet
USS Essex (LHD 2) - South China Sea
USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - 5th Fleet
USS Bataan (LHD 5) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) - port visit Paramaribo
USS Makin Island (LHD 8) - Pacific Ocean
~~~
Navy.mil. as of Oct. 28,,,

Ya’ll mite want to take a look at this,,,

I doubt this is a boat ride...

[clee1]

Nah. Thye’re bring the wine and cheese.

[Eye of Unk]

I read the header of this thread and my first thought was... "What, did we lose an anchor from one of our carriers, and the French are giving us one??

[SunkenCiv]

whoops, ping-a-ling.

[jhpigott]

Thanks SunkenCiv.

Lots of firepower in the region.

[hannibaal]

Well types like lafayette arrived at the beginning of the war , d’estaign came with his fleet in 1778. The french supported with money and when lafayette went back to france to gain support for the cause he returned with 6000 soldiers led by rochambeau. Questioning motives behind why so and so helped is just ridiculous. A similar, retarded, statement could be made that the we fought the nazis for our best interest.

[Vanders9]

More accurate to say you didnt fight the Nazis for your best interest...

[hannibaal]

Please what are you insinuating by saying “you” didnt fight the Nazis?

[Vanders9]

The US didnt fight the Nazis for their (the US’s) best interest.