What the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will do in the Levant

24 February 20213 years ago babelfish

The article by Giuseppe Gagliano

In the next few days the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier will sail from Toulon. This departure will mark the beginning of the “Clemenceau 21” mission.

First of all, its presence will strengthen the approximately 600 soldiers currently in the Levant, within the international Inherent Resolve Coalition to fight Daesh.

THE CHAMMAL OPERATION

Since 2014, when Operation Chammal began, several Rafales of the Air and Space Army have taken off from their planned airbase in the Levant or French airbase in the United Arab Emirates. Their mission is to target Daesh or gather information on its movements. The pilots of the French Navy will thus join their comrades in arms of the aerospace and air army in this fight against terrorism.

CONTAIN CHINA IN THE INDO-PACIFIC

Secondly, this deployment will also serve to contain the Chinese offensive posture in the Indo-Pacific and to protect key strategic hubs such as the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Gulf of Aden and the Strait by Hormuz.

SAVING OIL ROUTES

Ultimately, the operation carried out by France confirms on the one hand the assertiveness of French maritime policy in the Indo-Pacific, the role played by air carriers in this area and the need for France to safeguard the routes. fundamental oilfields globally.

I regret that Italy turns its attention to other issues instead of protecting – in the same way as France – its national interests. Always of course that the Italian political class knows what national interest means and above all it knows what its national interests are.

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/cosa-fara-la-portaerei-francese-charles-de-gaulle-nel-levante/ on Wed, 24 Feb 2021 04:37:20 +0000.