Aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle developed in whether. Mediterranean
The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will be deployed in the eastern Mediterranean, not the Gulf to improve the speed of action of the French forces on the ground, stated French military source, after the announcement by French President Francois Hollande that the ship will depart this week business in Syria.
The French aircraft carrier would only need a few days to reach the eastern Mediterranean coast of Syria or Lebanon, added the military source.
"The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will leave Thursday for the Eastern Mediterranean, which will triple our action capabilities," said French President in his speech before the two chambers of parliament, meeting in the Palace of Versailles, west of Paris.
The aircraft carrier is in the 26 --18 Rafale fighters and 8 Super-Etendard-- will considerably strengthen the impact capacity of the French forces in the region, while reducing the flight in connection with shipments made today from the Gulf, he added .
France currently has 6 Rafale to the United Arab Emirates and 6 Mirage 2000 in Jordan, which make daily shipments for strikes and reconnaissance flights in Iraq and Syria.
With a total of 38 fighters, France will be able "to step up its operations in Syria," also noted the French president after deadly attacks last Friday in Paris.
Two days after the attacks, the French air force bombed massively Sunday night, Pakala, the de facto capital of the self-styled Islamic State Caliphate (IK) in northern Syria, such as the Athens Press Agency reported.
In an unprecedented raid after the first French strikes in Syria at the end of September, six fighters dropped 20 bombs in an administrative center and a training center of IK.
"We will continue the strikes in the coming weeks (...) There will be no respite no truce," he added before the French parliamentary Hollande.
"France is at war (...) We are in a war against jihadist terrorism that threatens the entire world," he said.
The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will be deployed in the eastern Mediterranean, not the Gulf to improve the speed of action of the French forces on the ground, stated French military source, after the announcement by French President Francois Hollande that the ship will depart this week business in Syria.
The French aircraft carrier would only need a few days to reach the eastern Mediterranean coast of Syria or Lebanon, added the military source.
"The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will leave Thursday for the Eastern Mediterranean, which will triple our action capabilities," said French President in his speech before the two chambers of parliament, meeting in the Palace of Versailles, west of Paris.
The aircraft carrier is in the 26 --18 Rafale fighters and 8 Super-Etendard-- will considerably strengthen the impact capacity of the French forces in the region, while reducing the flight in connection with shipments made today from the Gulf, he added .
France currently has 6 Rafale to the United Arab Emirates and 6 Mirage 2000 in Jordan, which make daily shipments for strikes and reconnaissance flights in Iraq and Syria.
With a total of 38 fighters, France will be able "to step up its operations in Syria," also noted the French president after deadly attacks last Friday in Paris.
Two days after the attacks, the French air force bombed massively Sunday night, Pakala, the de facto capital of the self-styled Islamic State Caliphate (IK) in northern Syria, such as the Athens Press Agency reported.
In an unprecedented raid after the first French strikes in Syria at the end of September, six fighters dropped 20 bombs in an administrative center and a training center of IK.
"We will continue the strikes in the coming weeks (...) There will be no respite no truce," he added before the French parliamentary Hollande.
"France is at war (...) We are in a war against jihadist terrorism that threatens the entire world," he said.
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