New: French Carrier Charles de Gaulle Now Headed for Hormuz for Possible Free Passage Role
By Ward Clark X Follow | 3:53 PM on May 06, 2026
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What is France up to now?
On Wednesday, an aide to France's President Emanuel Macron announced that France would be sending the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to the Red Sea, so the ship and her accompanying task group may presumably be ready for any possible Strait of Hormuz free right-of-passage mission.
France's aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle was on Wednesday heading towards the southern Red Sea to pre‑position for a possible mission to restore navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, Paris said.
The move was intended to send "a signal that not only are we ready to secure the Strait of Hormuz but that we are also capable of doing so", an aide to President Emmanuel Macron told reporters.
Traffic in the strategic waterway, through which around one-fifth of the world's crude oil normally transits, has all but stopped since conflict erupted in the Middle East in late February.
The move was intended to send "a signal that not only are we ready to secure the Strait of Hormuz but that we are also capable of doing so", an aide to President Emmanuel Macron told reporters.
Traffic in the strategic waterway, through which around one-fifth of the world's crude oil normally transits, has all but stopped since conflict erupted in the Middle East in late February.
The capability is not in question. The Charles de Gaulle is the only active-service nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world that isn't part of the United States Navy, although next to our latest marks of American aircraft carriers, the French version is on the small side. But being nuclear-powered, it's easier to keep on station for an extended period, should that be necessary.
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