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Re:France planning new aircraft carrier by sgregnt on Saturday January 02, 2021 @03:37PM (#25616267)
The goal might be to deter and project power on lesser military capable nations than Russia or China (e.g. nations in Africa)
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Re:France planning new aircraft carrier by mytailorisrich on Saturday January 02, 2021 @04:03PM (#25616501)
Indeed.

The defense against Russia and China is the nuclear deterrent. There is not going to be any direct war between France (or the West for that matter) and Russia/China.

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