Putting that into the "speculative" section rather than "alt-history".
France current plan to replace CdG by 2038:
- 75 000 tons
- submarine nuclear reactors
- EMALS from Uncle Sam
- SCAF on the flight deck
I'm not convinced.
-NOT technically: it is rather logical there: SCAF driving CdG replacement upwards - and still nuclear because CdG.
- FINANCIALLY... I don't like it.
Everybody complains about the RN present (dire) situation (escorts, procurement), but the French Navy also has its own miseries.
It financially going into the wall.
Now or in the close future, that 75 000 tons beast will starve everything else. And 1 carrier is not enough.
More on this later.
France current plan to replace CdG by 2038:
- 75 000 tons
- submarine nuclear reactors
- EMALS from Uncle Sam
- SCAF on the flight deck
I'm not convinced.
-NOT technically: it is rather logical there: SCAF driving CdG replacement upwards - and still nuclear because CdG.
- FINANCIALLY... I don't like it.
Everybody complains about the RN present (dire) situation (escorts, procurement), but the French Navy also has its own miseries.
It financially going into the wall.
Now or in the close future, that 75 000 tons beast will starve everything else. And 1 carrier is not enough.