US EditionMacron 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 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 on Tuesday the deployment of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, Rafale aircraft, a frigate and anti-aircraft defences in the Middle East to defend the interests of France and the allied countries struck by the Iranian response to the Israeli-American attacks.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced today that he ordered the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to move from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean. He added that he will be escorted by his air squadron and frigates. In a pre-recorded speech on French television, Macron added that in the last hours Rafale fighter planes, air defence systems and radar systems have been deployed in the Middle East.
French President Emmanuel Macron, in a television address to the country on the situation in the Middle East, announced that the carrier Charles de Gaulle will be deployed in the Mediterranean Sea, stating...
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