The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and the Horizon-class destroyer Chevalier Paul conducted air defence exercises with the Aster (MBDA/Thales) air-to-air missile on 4 October. The air defence destroyer fired Aster 30 (up to 100 kilometres) and the carrier Aster 15 (up to 30 kilometres) surface-to-air missiles at high-speed targets flying towards the simulated carrier group. The scenario was made even more realistic by electronically jamming the air target acquisition radars.
To view
The following Twitter video gives a brief insight into what happens in the operations centre and on the upper deck:
Launch of an Aster 15 air defence FK, aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle". Photo: MBDA/Michel Hans
Outlook
The Charles de Gaulle, which entered service in 2001, is the tenth French aircraft carrier. This ship is also the first French surface unit with nuclear propulsion and thus the only carrier powered in this way to be completed outside the USA. Its successor, the PANG (porte avions de nouvelle génération) - the next generation - has been in the preliminary design phase since last year, with the Naval Group and the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard (Saint Nazaire) in charge. A model was presented during EuroNaval in Le Bourget/Paris - we reported on this a few days ago.
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