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French Defense Minister Hervé Morin told journalists aboard the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier today that “it is only logical, if a country has decided to have an aircraft carrier, that it should have a second one.” He said the question for France would be posed again in 2012. “The aircraft carrier is at sea, it'll be there for six years, and we'll see for the second one,” he noted.But, just in case the message hadn't been heard the first time around, he repeated that “from the moment we consider that we need a ship which is an instrument of power projection, able to take part in crisis prevention and our deterrence force, then if we are to be coherent we need a second aircraft carrier,” he stressed.The ministerial and media visit was to mark the Charles de Gaulle's return to sea after a year and half in dock for scheduled upkeep and recharging its nuclear combustion.photo credit: French navy
French Defense Minister Hervé Morin told journalists aboard the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier today that “it is only logical, if a country has decided to have an aircraft carrier, that it should have a second one.” He said the question for France would be posed again in 2012. “The aircraft carrier is at sea, it'll be there for six years, and we'll see for the second one,” he noted.
But, just in case the message hadn't been heard the first time around, he repeated that “from the moment we consider that we need a ship which is an instrument of power projection, able to take part in crisis prevention and our deterrence force, then if we are to be coherent we need a second aircraft carrier,” he stressed.
The ministerial and media visit was to mark the Charles de Gaulle's return to sea after a year and half in dock for scheduled upkeep and recharging its nuclear combustion.photo credit: French navy
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