According to Greek media reports,
based on information from ERT
through French media such as lemarin.ouest-france.fr
but also information from Europe 1,
French Defense Minister Florence Parly
announced that the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle,
accompanied by an unknown number of ships and submarines,
will sail immediately to the Eastern Mediterranean
for an "unspecified mission".
As the articles say, according to military analysts,
the departure of the ship from the French port of Toulon,
will be carried out with full combat cargo, ie in "combat readiness",
and will include a number of Rafale fighter jets,
flying radar,
as well as all the equipment needed to carry out a military mission.
It is noteworthy that the reports state
that the aircraft carrier has advanced electronic systems
that have been developed by the French war industry
and for which so far there are no countermeasures from another country.
According to the wikipedia website,
Charles de Gaulle is the flagship of the French navy
and one of the 10 aircraft carriers owned by France
and the only nuclear power plant outside the United States.
The aircraft carrier has a length of 261.5 m
It can carry:
30–40 Rafale M aircraft
2 flying radars E-2C Hawkeye
2 NFH Caïman Marine helicopters
1 AS565 Panther ISR helicopter
2 AS365F Dauphin Pedro helicopters
In its text (upside), wikipedia instead of the aforementioned helicopters
writes that it carries EC725 Caracal
and AS532 Cougar helicopters.
It also has the following armament:
4 × 8 cell A-43 Sylver launchers
carrying the MBDA Aster 15 surface-to-air missile.
2 × 6 cell Sadral launchers
carrying Mistral short range missiles,
It also has....
8 × Giat 20F2 20 mm cannons.
And finally it is reported that it can carry
800 commandos and 500 tons of ammunition
