Event Brief
France lengthened carrier flight deck after Hawkeye fit
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 25, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
Summary: France built its only nuclear aircraft carrier by adapting two K15 pressurized-water reactors from ballistic-missile submarines, leaving the ship underpowered at about 27 knots. The flight deck proved too short for safe E-2C Hawkeye operations and had to be lengthened, with the article noting the propeller fell off.
WHO: France
WHAT: France lengthened the flight deck of its nuclear aircraft carrier after it was found too short for safe E-2C Hawkeye operations.
WHEN: Sep 25, 2026 at 7:01 PM ET
WHERE: France
WHY: Part of ongoing military operations.
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