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Macron orders France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean
France deployed the Charles de Gaulle carrier and air defense assets to the Mediterranean to protect Gulf allies amid escalating Middle East conflict and threats to key shipping lanes.
- Macron ordered France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to the Mediterranean amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.
- Macron cited Monday's strike on a British airbase in Cyprus as the reason for deploying air defense assets and a French frigate to the island.
- France, the UK, and Germany have said they were not involved in strikes on Iran but are prepared to take defensive action to destroy Iran's missile and drone capabilities.
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Macron orders France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to move from Baltic Sea to Mediterranean
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday ordered France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to move from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean to help protect allied assets during the war in the Middle East.
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French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the nation would be redirecting the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its associated strike group to the Mediterranean Sea. The deployment occurs amid ongoing military operations in the Middle East following strikes involving the United States and Israel against Iran, and subsequent Iranian retaliatory attacks across the region. “Faced with this unstable situation and t…
Macron sends aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to Mediterranean amid Iran war
President Emmanuel Macron ordered France’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to the Mediterranean, deployed jets and air defenses, and said French forces shot down drones to protect allies amid the expanding Middle East war.
Macron ordered military reinforcements, including the "Charles de Gaulle" airport, broken and air defence systems. Fragate "Languedoc" arrives in Cyprus this Wednesday.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will deploy a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean Sea to respond to the growing conflict in the Middle East. According to AP and other news agencies on the 3rd (local time), President Macron said in a pre-recorded speech aired on French TV that he had ordered the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its escort ships to move from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
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