Britain and France operate two of Europe's most capable navies, but how would they compare in a hypothetical open-ocean battle? This video examines the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft ...

The French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was slated for retirement in 2038, when the next-generation “PANG” carrier entered service. Now Paris is having second thoughts.

France has carried out the first M51.3 ballistic missile launch from the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Le Vigilant in waters off Finistère in western France. Conducted under Operation ...

France is studying whether the Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can continue to sail beyond its envisaged ...

France is making plans to build a next-generation aircraft carrier to replace Charles de Gaulle. The new carrier will have the same aircraft launch and recovery systems as the US's newest carriers.

France's four Le Triomphant-class ballistic-missile submarines carry the entire French nuclear deterrent. Each 14,000-ton boat is propelled by a nuclear reactor, can reach more than 25 knots submerged ...

On October 16, 2026, France began transferring the Rubis, its fifth Suffren-class nuclear attack submarine, from Naval Group’s construction hall in Cherbourg to the Cachin basin launching platform, ...

The US has not yet decided whether to abandon the electromagnetic launch system for aircraft carriers, France's navy chief said on Wednesday, two months after President Donald Trump ordered the US ...

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PARIS — France's navy, working with intelligence provided by the United Kingdom, on Thursday intercepted an oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea that traveled from Russia, in a mission targeting the ...