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French warship to join US fleet in Persian Gulf
Press TV ^ | 10/28/2010 | Press TV

Posted on 10/28/2010 9:24:48 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld

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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
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.

41 posted on 10/31/2010 12:52:15 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Voter Fraud should be a Capital Offense!!!)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
"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?

42 posted on 10/31/2010 3:00:25 PM PDT by RJL
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...
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.

43 posted on 10/31/2010 5:25:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: Cincinna

Forward for France!


44 posted on 10/31/2010 5:25:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld

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...


45 posted on 10/31/2010 5:59:36 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: muleskinner

Nah. Thye’re bring the wine and cheese.


46 posted on 10/31/2010 6:50:54 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
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??
47 posted on 10/31/2010 6:55:50 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (If your enemy is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. Sun Tzu, The Art of War.)
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To: jhpigott

whoops, ping-a-ling.


48 posted on 10/31/2010 7:12:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks SunkenCiv.

Lots of firepower in the region.


49 posted on 11/01/2010 6:15:13 AM PDT by jhpigott
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To: Vanders9

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.


50 posted on 11/02/2010 12:01:17 AM PDT by hannibaal
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To: hannibaal

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


51 posted on 11/02/2010 4:28:15 PM PDT by Vanders9
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To: Vanders9

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


52 posted on 11/02/2010 10:15:19 PM PDT by hannibaal
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The US didnt fight the Nazis for their (the US’s) best interest.


53 posted on 11/03/2010 2:48:11 AM PDT by Vanders9
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