President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced that France’s next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, due to enter service in 2038, will be called “France Libre” (Free France).
The warship to replace France’s current aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, is being named after the French Resistance movement that General de Gaulle led against the Nazi occupation of France during World War II.
“I wanted our future aircraft carrier to follow in the footsteps of General de Gaulle. His life, his destiny,” Macron said at a shipyard in the western town of Indret. “Our new aircraft carrier will be named France Libre.”
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