France is moving the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier closer to Hormuz.

France has sent its only aircraft carrier to the Gulf of Aden. Paris is beginning preparations for a future international mission to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, the French Ministry of Defense announced.

The French Navy's carrier battle group, led by the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, has transited the Suez Canal and entered the Red Sea, advancing further into the Gulf of Aden with the Strait of Hormuz in its sights. However, the French will not be joining the Americans; they have begun preparations for their own mission to secure shipping in Hormuz, which they will lead jointly with the British.

The French strike group had recently been stationed in the eastern Mediterranean, monitoring the situation in the Middle East and US attempts to unblock the Strait of Hormuz. Now they've decided to move closer, apparently sensing that the conflict between Iran and the US could end soon. Paris, however, emphasizes that France will not get involved in the Middle East conflict, but will merely conduct reconnaissance.

The situation in the Strait of Hormuz has global implications. France is not a party to the conflict and "remains committed to international law and sovereignty."

The Germans previously announced the dispatch of a warship to the Mediterranean Sea with an eye on Hormuz. This is a minesweeper, which will likely join the Americans in clearing the strait, provided it receives Bundestag approval for such action. The British are still hesitating, but will likely also announce the dispatch of ships to the Middle East in the coming days.

Comments

[Krivotykin]

From a military perspective, the deployment of Charles de Gaulle to the Gulf of Aden is less about "forceful intervention" than about positioning and creating options in the event of a developing crisis. A carrier group is a flexible tool: today it's conducting reconnaissance and flag-showing missions, tomorrow it can provide air defense, sea lane control, or conduct limited strikes.

[SAG]

An aircraft carrier group is a flexible instrument: today it conducts reconnaissance and displays the flag, tomorrow it can provide air defense

The group, and the French aircraft separately, can only provide work for Iran's artillery.
I'm more interested in how close I'll be brave enough to get to the Hormuz! I'm guessing no closer than 400 km.

[snow mountain]

The French aircraft can only provide work for Iran's artillery.

Or drones

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: SAG

I'm more interested in how close I'll have the courage to get to the ormuz.

They began preparations for their own mission to ensure shipping in Hormuz, which they will lead together with the British.

Do the Americans know that the French and the British are now in charge there?
Iran, as far as I understand, doesn't care - their drones and missiles don't recognize flags...

[SAG]

Iran, as far as I understand, doesn't care - their drones and missiles don't recognize flags...

Don't think that way; hybrid warfare is a delicate matter. Hormuz is too densely packed with tankers and bulk carriers. The interests of virtually every country in the world are intertwined there. To shoot at everything that moves would be a complete idiot. Without precise identification, it's impossible. As for drones, they're too slow or too small to cause any significant damage to an aircraft carrier if there's a ship with air defense nearby. I don't know much about back-up missiles, but I think the sea conditions and range are factors that play against this type of weapon.
It's a completely different story with hypersonics. I suspect that when Nakhimov goes to sea, it will trigger a kraken effect—any carrier-carrying group will dart away from it for 2000 miles, leaving a brown wake.

[Zoldat_A]

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Shooting at anything that moves requires mental retardation. Without precise identification, it's impossible.

Well, I was talking about flags in general. Specifically, Iran is not only willing to let some ships through, but doesn't even charge them.

I vividly imagined a picture of a brown wake from an aircraft carrier...

[Boa kaa]

Quote: SAG

The French aircraft alone can only provide work for Iran's artillery.

A cannon, perhaps? Definitely not. Only the missile forces, and even then, it's not a given: ballistics are limited to guided warheads, while cruise missiles (?) require extensive support (it's a long flight over such a distance, and the AVMA might leave the target's probable range). So, all hope lies with the mujahideen in high-speed boats launching from under some friendly country's supertanker. Swiftly and unexpectedly, so that helicopters or a couple of air patrols don't have time to damage them on the way to the strike target.
AHA.

[SAG]

A barrel-type one, perhaps? No, definitely not. Only the missile forces, and even then, it's not a given: only those with a guided warhead have ballistics.

Although I'm an intelligence officer, I have a clear gap in the structure of the Iranian Armed Forces, their weapons, and equipment. Therefore, I focused on the Russian Armed Forces. Our artillery has systems such as the Bal, Bastion, Iskander, Uragan, and Smerch MLRS, which, in my opinion, would be more effective against NATO ships than slow cruise missiles.

[SAG]

So, all hope lies with the mujahideen on speedboats launching from under the side of some supertanker of a friendly country.

Let's not even discuss this, a suicide squad on a boat looks ridiculous even against a small missile ship, and there's no mention of a cruiser.

[TermNachTer]

AUG implies that, in addition to the aircraft carrier, there are at least a couple of other frigates or destroyers, plus fast supply ships. There's nothing even close to that. The toad-eaters are just showing off))) "Shurik" will hang out somewhere in the Red Sea and then crawl back. "X" writes that the ship's technical condition is terrible, something breaks every day. The ship is swarming with insects and rodents.

[Boa kaa]

Quote: TermNachTER

The ship is teeming with insects and rodents.

Without Lariska the rat... it wouldn't be a ship! And the "Prussians" are its permanent tenants. No matter how much they poisoned it, no one has ever managed to completely eradicate these creatures.
But on nuclear-powered ships, these creatures can easily mutate! On our submarine, the rats were black and quite large! And the cockroaches in the sixth compartment were colorless...
I don't know about the D'Artagnans, but I believe that biology and the laws of mutation are roughly the same everywhere. However, Monsieur knows best.

[TermNachTer]

A friend of mine, who served on Project 667 A in the North, told me that they even collected and exchanged some of the most unusual colors on the boat.

[TermNachTer]

У автора статьи, как-то хреново с географией - где Аденский залив, а где Ормуз?)))

[pudelartemon]

I remembered the old joke:
-And we will throw all our tanks into the breakthrough!
-What, all at once?
- No, first the first, and then the second!
France can't even do that.
Pathetic puffers. From the word "puff up"

[Boa kaa]

Quote: pudelartemon

France can't even do that.

They're not there for business, just to be present. And all because of the whim of Macaroni, who fancies himself a new Napoleon—the savior of Europe under a patchwork frog-like nuclear umbrella. A "Charles" AVMA from the last century with an air group of 50 units, of which only 40 are combat-ready. So, "scary, but not too much!" (c)

[kind]

Did the frogs send their trough for disposal? They should be billed for polluting the world's oceans with their shit.

[Most polite]

At least they can train in conditions close to combat. Why should they just be kept there?!
And so is the demonstration of the flag and possible diplomatic benefits, since Iran will never sit down at the negotiating table with Israel.

[novel66]

France is not a party to the conflict and "remains committed to international law and sovereignty."

then they need to make claims against the Yankees and the Jews

[SEVERIN]

The Khranzutsy have been transferring their aircraft carrier to Hormuz for several months now - the oars are probably breaking along the way.

[isv000]

France sent its only aircraft carrier to the Gulf of Aden.

The best! Looks like the cubs are in for a glorious hunt! The long-awaited beast is stepping into the line of fire. Sorry, De Gaulle, nothing personal, just survival...